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2025/10/15

October 15, 2025
A scarecrow stands silhouetted in black and dark purple against a red sunset sky. In the lower right is the yellow blaze of the setting sun, filtering through clouds. The scarecrow is wearing a hat and a long coat or cape that extends to the ground. The cape is ragged and riddled with holes. Green eyes glow under the brim of the scarecrow's hat. In the sky above are a few evidently scared crows. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/10/13

October 13, 2025
A person stands on the edge of a craggy cliff, holding a large hose. Pouring from the hose is an arc of rainbow liquid, straight into the mouth of a huge greenish creature. The creature is on the right of the painting, looming up in front of the cliff. It resembles a tyrannosaur, with thick, striated skin that looks almost like tree bark, and a shiny iridescent-green eye. In the background, a hazy red sun sits in a hazy gray sky above a blurry treeline. The sun is casting a reddish light on the person, the cliff, and the creature. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/10/12

October 12, 2025
An outrageously muscular, imposing figure looms behind a podium, under a red-orange sky, both arms in the air as though giving an impassioned speech. The figure wears a dark suit and tie. To the right, farther back, is a crowd, some of whom are holding signs. It's not possible to make out anything on the signs. What the crowd can't see is that the figure in front of the podium ends at the waist down. Beneath it, holding it up on a rod, is the puppeteer: a much smaller figure hiding behind the podium. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/10/10

October 10, 2025
A person wearing a flowing black cloak, a long purple dress, and a golden crown stands in a gray room in front of a huge circular radar display. The radar display has a heavy gold frame and several pipes leading up to the ceiling. On screen, the glowing green beam has just swept past eight white-green dots. The scene looks very much like the wicked queen from Snow White gazing into the mirror, except she's holding an iPhone. In the background are four tall, white, blurry windows. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/10/09

October 9, 2025
A small figure wearing a suit and tie hoists a giant iron ball that's nearly as tall as it is over its head. However, it doesn't have a head, so the ball is where its head would be. Its left leg is chained to the ball. Perched on top of the ball is a black bird with a long tail. The ball itself is scratched and dented. The figure stands in a pale green space devoid of anything else. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/10/05

October 5, 2025
The view from inside a car at night. Directly in front of the car, the road is illuminated by the headlights; bright yellow double-line to the left, single white line to the right. Dark woods loom all around, with the blue night sky above. Dead ahead, caught in the headlights, is a sinister figure: a humanoid creature with glowing white eyes and antlers like a deer's. To the right, clearly too late a warning, is a yellow diamond-shaped warning sign with the black silhouette of a leaping deer. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/09/20

September 20, 2025
A small red mound sitting in the middle of a roaring yellow inferno; the flames of hell. The space is red. The mound has a small red sign planted in it with the word "Reserved". Both the mound and the sign are on fire. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/09/19

September 19, 2025
A gray, decrepit booth that looks like a devil's head. The head is gray and craggy, with a sharp nose, glowing red eyes, and two horns, one of which is partly missing. The mouth is a blue arched window through which a person can be seen. The booth looks like an admission booth one would find at a low-budget horror park. It's in sad shape: patches of brown where paint is missing, graffiti, and poorly done repairs. It sits in a patch of gray weeds against a yellow sky. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/09/17

September 17, 2025
A figure stands against a dark blue, starry sky. Its head is a silver coin, on which is the head of a skeletal-looking person, eyes closed, with odd round knobs where its ears would be. The figure is wearing a suit and tie and lit from behind by a crimson light. In one hand, it is holding a glowing red light saber. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/09/11

September 11, 2025
A scene of desolation and ruin: gray sky, gray rubble. Looming out of the rubble on the right is a structure that anyone who's seen photos of Ground Zero will recognize as a fragment of one of the twin towers. The entire scene is heavy with smoke. A bleary white sun sits in the top right. A small figure stands on a pile of debris, surveying the damage. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/09/10

September 10, 2025
An odd creature seen in profile with a bright red head; a long, curving horn like a bighorn sheep; a human nose; and a bulging eye and downward-curving mouth like a fish. The horn of the creature is red with white stripes. The rest of the creature is pale green, with a red and yellow zigzag pattern around its waist, like Charlie Brown's shirt. The creature has a red glove with two yellow stripes around the wrist, and it is holding a black phone but not looking at it. It stands in a dark, drab green space, with a glowing white halo hovering above its head. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/09/09

September 9, 2025
A weird, narrow skyscraper with four round windows, one for each floor. The top window is eerie green, with a green-eyed creature looking out of it. The window below that is orange, and has a dark reddish creature with two pointed ears, and one glowing green eye. The next window is white, and has a blue ghost. The window below that, which is partly cut off, is bright green and has some sort of howling monster with long fangs. A black cat sits on top of the roof. In the background, no other buildings are visible. The sky is a dull, cloudy greenish gray. A wooded treeline is visible. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/09/08

September 8, 2025
A round, perfectly smooth sphere hangs in a dull burgundy space. Sitting on top of the sphere is a small, dark, cylindrical house with a tall conical maroon roof. At the top of the roof is a red orange pennant. The house has a large arched window. Silhouetted in it, against a bright yellow interior, is the shape of a figure with two pointy horns. There appear to be two sources of light: a bright one in the top right, and a duller bluish one in the lower left. There's a scattering of dull stars in the top right of the sky. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/09/07

September 7, 2025
A hulking humanoid-but-not-quite-human creature stands in a dark gray space under a blazing green-white ceiling lamp. The cone of light pours down around it. It has a disproportionately large upper body, two huge arms, and two small legs. It is mostly in shadow. It is wearing a tan tie and a small ID badge of some sort. Where its face would be are three glowing lights: green, red, and blue. Behind it on the cold gray wall is a round analog clock showing 10:05. The painting is signed “Chris Silverman”.

2025/09/03

September 3, 2025
A dark, shadowy figure stands in a red space, holding out its arm. A small yellow flame rises from its hand. Seemingly drawm to the flame are two large, dark, blurry birds. The nearest one is bat-shaped. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/08/30

August 30, 2025
A small creature perched on a thin branch. The creature has horn-shaped ears, giving it a devilish appearance, a sharp curved beak seen in profile, and beady, round eyes. It is dark-colored, with iridescent tinges of indigo, blue, and green. Its eye is harshly shiny, with blue and crimson highlights. It has curved striations on its side, all of which make it look machinelike. It has a long tail and is sitting against a bright crimson background. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/08/29

August 29, 2025
An amorphous blob comprised of precisely arranged vertical lines and a cacophanous blend of colors. The lines, while perfectly vertical and regularly positioned, have different heights and positions, suggesting digital video distortions or the raster lines on old cathode ray tube screens. The colors—where to start? Blue, red, crimson, green, and yellow, organized in a way that is somewhere between the dissonant opposite of a rainbow and what you see when you rub your eyes too hard. The blob has six human legs, as though it is several people walking together. In the center of it is a glowing, semi-white icon of an eye. All of this is on a searing blue-green background. The painting is signed “Chris Silverman”.

2025/08/26

August 26, 2025
A dark, hulking figure—humanoid, but suggestive of a bear or ape, with long clawlike fingers—shambles forwards in a barren brown space. Where its neck would be is a neatly defined hole, revealing a hollow interior, as though the creature is actually a suit or shell moving on its own volition. Hovering above the hole, casting a golden light on it, is a glowing yellow sphere with a smiley face on it. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/08/18

August 18, 2025
A dull blue world. In the background, a vast factory with tall windows and two tall smokestacks looms out of the fog. Next to it is a blurry treeline. The smokestacks have small white glowing lights on them. In the foreground is a large pipe sticking out of the ground. The pipe has a hinged lid, like a manhole cover, which is raised. Climbing out of the pipe is a white humanoid creature. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/08/09

August 9, 2025
An oddly shaped building stands against a pale green sky. The building looks like two halves of a house, one stacked on another. The lower half has a door with an ornate oval window. The upper half has a single window, and overhangs the ground. Dangling from underneath it, like a bat, is an unsettling figure with two winglike arms, a coat and top hat, and two glowing green eyes. In the background is the blurry suggestion of a treeline. This is a primarily green painting, signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/08/07

August 7, 2025
A huge, dark, owl-esque creature stands on top of a very small house with a circular window. The window glows an eerie green, revealing a dark silhouette of a figure wearing a coat and tie. The owl is about the size of the house, with large yellow eyes looking down at the house. All around is a dark blue, starless night. The painting is signed “Chris Silverman”.

2025/08/05

August 5, 2025
A large red monster with devil horns stands against a blue background. The monster has long arms and long fingers. It is wearing a black tie and a light blue ID badge. Its face is obscured by a mask that looks like a yellow smiley face. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/07/19

July 19, 2025
A blue, gelatinous creature with several conical tentacles sits in a dark space. The front of it is illuminated with a greenish light. It has a jagged, frowning mouth and square eyes; its facial features are white and glowing. It looks like one of the ghosts from Pac-Man in vulnerable mode. Above its head is a foggy ultraviolet-ish halo. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/06/29

June 29, 2025
A flat, barren expanse with a small platform in the middle. A large, horned monster is being lowered onto the platform, probably via a crane. The monster is a purplish orange and is holding a suitcase. To the left of the monster stands a figure wearing an orange helmet and construction vest with reflective yellow stripes. The figure is directing the crane. The ground is a dark purple; the sky is lavender. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/06/21

June 21, 2025
A misshapen, lumpy, drab-green creature wanders in a bright green world. The creature is slightly hunched over, with a weird, unnatural-looking arm and clawlike hand. The creature is wearing a black VR headset on its face, along with AirPods, an Apple Watch, and a 90s-style pager on its hip. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/06/14

June 14, 2025
A black background with a red symbol on it: a circle with a diagonal bar through it, the "prohibited" symbol. Inside the symbol, appearing to be reaching out from it, is a minimalist white cartoon figure of a shouting man wearing a crown too large for his head and clutching a phone. The man's tie overlaps the lower boundary of the red symbol. This, of course, is Donald Trump, rendered in a Ghostbusters symbol. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/05/31

May 31, 2025
A blurry impressionist painting of a crimson figure with two horns and a glowing white halo hovering above its head. The background is an eerie blend of aqua green and yellow. The brushstroke texture gives the overall painting an amorphous, dreamlike quality. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/05/26

May 26, 2025
A large, rusty metal machine staggers forwards on two mechanical legs. The machine looks like something between a construction vehicle and a short, squat locomotive. It has a large grill in front,a small cab up top with no windshield, and a small door in the side. A tall smokestack extends up from the front hood. The machine has headlights and yellow warning stripes, with a faded red triangle painted on the side. Moss and dirt hangs from the underside. No driver is visible. The sky is an eerie goldenrod yellow. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/04/27

April 27, 2025
A large bluish-purple monster with two pointed ears and a bulky frame holds a black iPhone. The monster's face is covered by a yellow smiley-face mask. The monster is standing against a gray background. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/04/26

April 26, 2025
A garish figure on a dark bluish-black background: the smile-with-halo emoji, wearing clown makeup, supported by two spindly legs. This nightmare is mostly yellow, but with heavy tinges of rainbow colors: crimson, neon blue, radioactive green, ultraviolet purple. Its smile is framed by smeared hot-pink lipstick; its eyes are outlined in thick white paint. Even the halo above its head looks sacrilegious: lopsided, neon-tinged white. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/04/16

April 16, 2025
A scarecrow against a dark blue evening sky. The scarecrow wears a ragged white shirt with a greenish sheen, a red necktie, and a red-and-white-striped top hat. The scarecrow's head is a large, orange, pumpkin-shaped object with a single blue eye in the center. Sitting on the brim of its hat is a black bird. A fog hangs over the ground. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/04/12

April 12, 2025
A lone figure stands on a darkened, textured ground, against a turquoise and yellow sky. The figure appears startled, stepping backwards, a large tobacco pipe falling out of its hand. The pipe is emitting a thin trail of smoke. The smoke rises into the air, forming the semi-transparent shape of a large ghostly creature with a long, wolflike snout, pointed ears, and faint eyes. The creature is reaching towards the person with both arms. The painting is signed “Chris Silverman.”

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