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2026/01/28

January 28, 2026
A strange, monstrous-looking machine that looks like the rusting cab of a classic truck, mounted on two mechanical legs. Running center down the front of the cab is a line that divides the windshield and ends in a sharp nose. On either side of the cab are two curled, pointed fins that strongly suggest ears. The machine has one visible robot arm with clawed fingers. While the machine is primarily a rusty brown color, it has orange- and purple-tinged areas, with green spots on the rear side. Its legs are also purple, with blue spots and several spikes. It is wandering through a bluish-purple meadow under a bright green sky with a blazing white sun. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/01/24

January 24, 2026
A pixelated icon of a small computer: an all-in-one model with both a screen and a disk drive. The screen has a smiling face on it. This, of course, is Susan Kare's Happy Mac: the first thing you'd see after turning on your Mac in the 80s or 90s (well, second thing, if your machine didn't have a hard drive). The icon is white pixels on a black background. The pixels glow with a neon blaze of rainbow colors: the six colors of the classic Apple logo. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman". Thanks for everything, Mac team.

2026/01/13

January 13, 2026
A bright yellow rubber duck floats in the calm blue-green expanse of the open ocean, under a mostly clear blue sky. On closer inspection, though, the duck has some sinister details: a round, glassy, reddish eye that looks distinctly technological; a small vent; and, most notably, a radio antenna sticking up out of its back. Fixed to the antenna is a slightly ragged black pirate flag with a skull and crossbones on it. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman". Happy January 13.

2026/01/10

January 10, 2026
A figure runs through the dark, pointing a blazing whitish-green flashlight beam in front of it. The figure wears a dark, drab-brown suit and tie, and is sprinting out of the dark bluish fog that surrounds it. Its head is enormous—at least twice the size of its body—and looks like the square, minimalist "talking head" icon from classic Mac dialog boxes. The head is blue and looks like a blueprint, but hardly an organized one: it is covered with a chaotic scramble of lines, arrows, flowcharts, and scribbles that suggest a deeply disorganized mind. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/01/09

January 9, 2026
A small, silver, bullet-shaped rocket ship sits in a deep, cylindrical hole carved into the brown earth. The hole is seen in profile, as though the viewer is looking at a cross-section of the earth. The ship has a single round bluish window, and three pods. On its left side, a round hatch is open to reveal some internal pipes and wires. Standing on a small platform, peering into the hatch, is a person holding a hammer and wearing a headlamp. The headlamp illuminates the pipes and wires with a bright green-white glow. The soil looms all around, speckled with rocks and boulders. Above the hole, the sky is clear and blue. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/01/05

January 5, 2026
A person pushes a large, wooden, brownish two-wheeled cart over barren bluish-red ground. Standing in the cart is a giant blue robot with a dark brass metal clock key sticking out of its back. The robot is holding a metal steering wheel attached to a steering column. The sky is red-brown, turning yellow towards the horizon. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/12/29

December 29, 2025
An old-time cathode-ray-tube TV is balanced precariously on a very thin, narrow mountain peak. That is, it would be balanced precariously if it weren't held in place by a multitude of supports, pipes, tubes, and even wires. The mountain is a dull purplish rock, although some of the pipes have a greenish sheen. The screen of the TV shows an iridescent blue-green color, with no discernible image or pattern. The sky is yellow-gold, with a blazing white sun in the top right. A few birds are visible in the distance. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/12/27

December 27, 2025
A rather grim and dilapidated structure that suggests Big Ben stands against a blue, pink-tinged sky. The structure is a tall tower with a rusty, patched-together metal base. On the base is a large analog clock face with glowing green digital numerals and hands. The clock looks like a digital clock with an analog face, and is displaying 9:41. The clock is also made of rusty metal, with a few odd controls on the front and side, including a hand crank. The very top of the tower is a small wooden shack with a pointed roof that is perched on top of the clock. The shack is painted a fading red, with a few graffiti tags. Sticking out of the roof are a chimney and some antennae. The front of the shack is dominated by a large arched yellow window. Standing in the window is the silhouette of a figure. The painting is signed “Chris Silverman”.

2025/12/26

December 26, 2025
A barren, flat expanse under a red-orange sunset sky. There is a glow of yellow light around the horizon. In the foreground, a person stands in front of a large metal box mounted on a pole, like an electrical box or a traffic light control box. Sticking out of the top of the box is a rall, complex mast that has boxes and antennae mounted on it. The door to the box is open, revealing a glowing green interior. The person is reaching into the box, doing something unclear. There is a windup clock key sticking out of the person’s back. The painting is signed “Chris Silverman”.

2025/12/24

December 24, 2025
A person wearing dark green pants, a red jacket with white trimming, and a red stocking cap with a white fringe pushes a large red package up a ramp. The package the size of a mini-fridge, and is tied with a white bow. The ramp it is being pushed up leads into a large red vehicle that looks like the sleigh version of a freight truck. White light glows from the interior of the sleigh. In place of wheels, it has heavy iron runners. The side has a gold border; the word “North”, probably part of “North Pole”, is written in large gold letters. The sleigh has a small orange light on what would be its bumper, and a larger glowing orange light in the top right. A light snow is falling. The background is gray. The painting is signed “Chris Silverman”.

2025/12/23

December 23, 2025
An odd, spherical, metal machine that looks sort of like a submersible hovers in a purple-pink space. The machine is a dull, dark, brassy color, with several pipe-like towers, protuberances, and antennae extending off of it. It has three round windows of varying sizes placed at haphazard locations. All of them reveal a glowing green interior. In one of them sits a cat. In the sky behind the machine are three blazing white-yellow objects that look like celestial bodies. The painting is signed “Chris Silverman”.

2025/12/08

December 8, 2025
A dystopian background of dull orange, lighter towards the top, as though sunlight is reflecting off fog. Dominating the canvas is a huge, otherworldly something: a weird mix of industrial and organic elements. The something is metallic blue with tinges of rust, and is covered with curved bars and striations. Sticking off it at odd angles are cylinders, some of which are giving off orange smoke. It has small glowing greenish-white lights at various points on its body. Its size—approximately that of a small house—is conveyed by the person standing on top of it. The person is carrying an unidentifiable high-tech tool that looks sort of like a wrench, spitting a jet of orange fire. The person is wearing a suit with a glowing green visor and three glowing white buttons. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/12/05

December 5, 2025
A hunched figure wearing a coat and a hat walks under a gray night sky and a slightly hazy full moon. The figure has a gnarled cane, and might look like an elderly person out for a walk if it weren't for the fact that its entire upper body is a traffic signal, the red and yellow lights blazing. A low fog hangs over the ground. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/12/04

December 4, 2025
A person stands in a bright red space, holding a yellow flame. Rather than appearing brightly lit, the space feels more like a dark room lit by a fire, with shadows pressing in all around. In front of the person, mounted on a pillar like a sculpture, is a vast and weird object: part asteroid, part machine, with organic folds and striations. The parts of the object closest to the flame glow yellow, fading into red and purple. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/12/03

December 3, 2025
A bleak industrial scene: hulking brownish factories pouring yellow smoke into a dull red sky. In the foreground, a cat sits on a dark, greenish log, observing the scene. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/11/23

November 23, 2025
A clear blue sky, with a few stars visible, sometime around dusk or dawn. In the background is a blurry treeline, with a yellow-green glow about it. In the foreground is a small dark mailbox in the middle of a grassy area. Hovering in the sky above is a vast black UFO. A circular hatch is open underneath it, revealing a glowing green interior. The UFO is surrounded by an eerie glow. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/11/19

November 19, 2025
A bizarre, dark-colored chunk of something hangs in a dismal drab-green and orange vacuum. The something looks like a large fragment of a building or infrastructure; maybe several fragments combined. It has numerous pipes and beams sticking off it at odd angles. Part of it is a large boxy chunk that contains a glowing yellow-green arched window. A figure wearing a suit and tie stands in the window, looking out. Attached to the left side of the box is a tall smokestack. A dish antenna is on top of the box. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/11/18

November 18, 2025
A small, strange figure wearing a metallic suit and giant mask stands against a reddish sky. The mask is a dull reddish-brass color, square, and made from several ragged chunks of metal welded together. It has two round holes for eyes and a smaller hole where the mouth would be. Each hole is very precisely machined, with a bezel around it. Sticking out of the right side of the mask is a small smoking chimney that looks like a snorkel tube. The figure's suit is also a tarnished brassy gold. Its arms are oddly long and thin, suggesting either a robot or an insect. A dull orange sun hangs in the sky. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/11/17

November 17, 2025
A person drives a bizarre contraption that looks like it is one bump in the road away from collapsing into a pile of rusty parts. The vehicle has four wheels like a car, but the front is slightly smaller than the rear. It is taller than it is long, with an open cockpit like a tractor and a heavy, L-shaped body. It looks like something between a farm machine and  a zamboni. The body is a dull rust-covered greenish brown, complex with beams, pipes, and patches. A red warning triangle is painted at the top; a yellow and black hazard strip is along one fender. It has a smokestack-like tailpipe, a glowing white light mounted on a pipe, and a headlight. The sky is a greenish-yellow; the ground is dark and shows evenly mowed grass. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/11/12

November 12, 2025
A clear blue evening. Walking alone in the dark is a figure wearing a dark suit and a hat with a brim. The figure is invisible; only its clothes are seen. It has a windup clock key sticking out of its back. In one invisible hand, it is carrying a glowing white smiley-face emoji like a lantern. The emoji has a soft yellow glow around it and is giving off yellow-green smoke. It casts a blazing greenish-white glare on the ground. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/11/07

November 7, 2025
A strange object—somewhere between a boulder, a spaceship, and a rusty machine—hangs in the blue emptiness of a starry sky. The object is roughly obelisk-shaped, with a craggy purple-gray surface that has an iridescent sheen to it. It has a glowing yellow window at the top, and a set of green windows below, and a small, smoking pipe of a chimney on the left. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/11/02

November 2, 2025
A grassy hill under a reddish-yellow sky. The entire scene is reddish. Winding down the hill is a small staircase. To the left of the staircase is a tall, unidentifiable object that looks like the remains of a robot or some sort of industrial machine. It is blocky, and has a dilapidated appearance. At the very top of it is a small, round hole. Hovering just beyond the hole is a white tadpole-shaped thing, perhaps a spirit that lives in the object. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/10/26

October 26, 2025
A dark, grim room illuminated with bleak greenish light by a single lamp hanging from the ceiling. Standing in the middle of the room, back to the viewer, is a detective wearing a dark suit and a hat. The detective is staring at a wall, on which are haphazardly taped various sheets of paper with text and handwriting on them. The papers show frenetic scribbles surrounded by red circles, annotations, and yellow highlighter markings. None of this text is legible except for that which is printed in red, on the largest sheet of paper. That text has the characters ΩΗΑΤΣΠΥΖΖΛΙΝΓΥΟΥΙΣΤΗΕΝΑΤΥΡΕΟΦΜΥΓΑΜΕ. The painting is signed “Chris Silverman”.

2025/10/21

October 21, 2025
A person stands, smoking a cigarette; an activity that most medical professionals agree is hazardous to one’s health. It is especially hazardous to one’s health when one is in an industrial facility surrounded by grim-looking gray-brown pipes, tanks, and machinery, all of which have “danger: flammable” symbols, “no smoking” decals, and other red and yellow warning signage. Hopefully the concrete walls and high ceiling will provide some measure of containment. The painting is signed “Chris Silverman”.

2025/10/08

October 8, 2025
A dismal gray concrete room somewhere, probably underground. The scene is greenishly illuminated by one long fluorescent bulb suspended from an unseen ceiling. Fixed to the wall is an enormous  round red button the size of a washing machine, mounted on a square metal box with four bolts. A thick pipe leads from the box up to the ceiling. To the left of the box holding the button are three ominous signs: a yellow sign with a triangular warning icon and illegible text; a dark sign with the radioactive symbol on it; and a white sign with a dashed red border and a skull and crossbones icon. This button, whatever it is, is not to be trifled with. Approaching the button to trifle with it is a dark human figure. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/09/30

September 30, 2025
A huge, brown, heavy vehicle sits on the side of the road in the middle of the desert, under a yellow sky and a blazing white sun. The side of the vehicle is crisscrossed with metal beams and striations. While we only see the front of it, it looks like it's designed to survive the end of the world. Its front wheel is as tall as a person. There is only one small green window visible on the side. On one fender is mounted a glowing orange light. A glowing red light sits higher up. Walking away from the vehicle, down the road, is a person carrying a red fuel can. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/09/28

September 28, 2025
A concrete mainframe computer the size of a vending machine sits on a tiny, barren island in the middle of a vast blue expanse. The front of the computer has a large gray tape reel and various controls and displays. A few birds circle above. One of the birds is sitting on top of the computer. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/09/25

September 25, 2025
A large rocket ship sits on a flat tarmac under a dull red sky and a dull red sun. It is tall and bullet-shaped, and rests on two fins. Two small glowing blue lights are at its base, and another such light is on its nose. At the top is a single round blue window. The rocket's left side is lit a reddish-yellow from the sunlight; its right side is lit greenish blue from an unseen light source. On the ground, someone is fueling up the rocket with what looks like a hose from a gas pump. Two tall buildings that look like office towers or tenements are visible in the distance. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/09/15

September 15, 2025
A tall, chaotic tangle of wires, tubes, and machine parts sits against a light green background. It vaguely resembles a hill-sized engine. It is a dark green, with tinges of a brownish texture. Sitting on top of it, a person holds a sparking wire that emerges from a hole in the engine, along with several other wires. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/09/01

September 1, 2025
A boxy, dull purplish robot stands in dark purple grass against a bright yellow sky. In the top right of the sky is a white sun. The robot's body has a rusty, slightly iridescent texture. In the center is a circular porthole window, through which is visible a goldfish. The goldfish, lit from below with a greenish light, looks translucent. The porthole is surrounded by bolts and rusty holes. The robot's head has a television screen on it, which is displaying a green x-ray image of a goldfish, its skeleton visible. The robot has two long, mechanical arms. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/08/25

August 25, 2025
The most pagan railroad crossing you've ever seen. Only the signal is visible, standing in the middle of high grass. The crossbuck, while a recognizable X shape, looks like antlers or crossed branches. Both signal lamps are glowing red and resemble eyes. Some strands of moss hang from them. The grass the signal is standing in is a dull green; the sky is yellow. There's a hint of a brown treeline in the background. Maybe trains are not the only thing you need to be watching for. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/08/23

August 23, 2025
A small, weird vehicle that looks sort of like a condensed reverse pickup truck: a flat bed in the front, with the cab positioned behind it. Behind the cab is a tall black object with a chimney coming out of it. The rear wheel is larger than the front, sort of like a tractor. The truck is a drab green with a yellowish texture, and a yellow light on top. On the bed of the vehicle, held in place with belts, is an odd object: a tall, white, lumpy creation that looks sort of like a pickle. The background is a bluish-green. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

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