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2026/06/09

June 9, 2026
A rocky mountainside. Looming over the mountainside against a pale green sky is a vast, black ghost with glowing eyes, arms spread. Below it, brandishing a glowing green light saber, is a small figure. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/06/06

June 6, 2026
Two strange figures stand side-by-side against a dull greenish background that looks like a chalkboard. The figures are drawn in white linework that looks like chalk. Both are crudely rendered at first glance: stick figures, hair in straight lines, standing under a sun that looks like a toddler drew it. Their faces and bodies, though, are much more detailed. The figure on the left is wearing a white coat with a tie, and has an eerily craggy face and large, empty, eyes on which are placed lenses. The figure on the right, which it is holding hands with, is dressed entirely in white, and has a slightly simpler face, although its eyes are also large and empty. A crude halo is drawn above its head. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/06/01

June 1, 2026
A massive figure with long, heavy arms, dressed in some sort of khaki combat gear, stands in the middle of a fog of red and yellow fire. The figure does not have a head. Hovering above its empty neck is that smug-looking emoji with a blue halo. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/05/31

May 31, 2026
A figure wearing a dark greenish cover that looks like a ghost costume stands against an orange background. The cover has several conspicuous patches. The only details visible of the person's face are two round, white eyes that look like the lenses of glasses. A windup clock key sticks out of the figure's back. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/05/27

May 27, 2026
Three tall rectangular objects that look sort of like skyscrapers stand at varying distances against a yellowish green sky. They are not buildings, and have no windows. Each has an uneven surface texture, and a single eye at the top. All three are staring at a figure in front of them, holding a sword. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/05/23

May 23, 2026
A closeup of the right half of the face of a black furry creature with a green eye and three curved horns. Only the creature's eye is visible. They are standing against a pale green sky with a bright white sun. Where their iris would be is the blurry silhouette of a person. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/05/19

May 19, 2026
A very large, tall portrait hangs in a darkened hall. The portrait shows an imposing figure wearing a dark suit and tie. The figure's head is just a black blur, with a large red X crudely painted over it. To the right of the portrait on the wall are a few lighter patches where other pictures once hung. Below and to the right, running away from the painting, is a person wearing gray overalls and a hat. The person is holding a paintbrush with bright red paint, and carrying a paint can. This is a mostly black and gray painting, except for the red paint. It is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/05/10

May 10, 2026
A person wearing a ghost costume—a somewhat ragged white sheet with two eye holes—stands in an empty purple space. Around their neck, they are wearing an orange sign that says "off-line" in white letters. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/05/09

May 9, 2026
A heavily outfitted figure walks in a greenish-blue space. The figure is humanoid, but has disproportionately long arms and only three fingers. It is wearing some sort of dark suit with a bluish-purple sheen to it, and is carrying a pack on its back. The pack has small green and blue lights on it. The figure's head is covered by a helmet or face covering, and a tube extends from the pack to the helmet. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/05/07

May 7, 2026
An ocean with a land mass in the distance, heavily shrouded in fog and clouds. What sunlight there is filters dully up from the horizon. The entire scene is in shades of eerie green. Flying over the ocean, lit from below, is a witch on a broomstick. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/05/05

May 5, 2026
A headless person wearing a suit and tie stands in a dark blue space. They are lit yellow from the front, but the light source is not visible. The person is holding out a spray can, spraying neon green paint. Above the person, where their head would be, is a giant spray painted face, hovering in the air. The face is rough and spray-painted, rendered in shades of white, yellow, blue, and neon green. It is barely an emoji, with two round, staring eyes and a wide toothy mouth. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/04/22

April 22, 2026
A dark blue background. Hovering above is a large, orange space invader: one of those blocky pixel monsters from the classic arcade game. It is dropping neon green blocks. Below it, running away from the blocks, is a person, not pixelated, carrying a black umbrella. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/04/21

April 21, 2026
A glowing, translucent, indigo-green blob that resembles a Pac-Man ghost hovers in a dark space. The blob has two round eyes and a fixed smile, like the face of a toy. Above the blob is a glowing blue-green halo from which fog is rising. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/04/11

April 11, 2026
A dark stone bridge over a swampy brook in the middle of nowhere. The sky is an eerie yellow-green. Hanging beneath the bridge is a batlike figure wearing a coat and a top hat. The figure has glowing green eyes. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/04/10

April 10, 2026
A person seen in profile. Or something that resembles a person, anyway: perfectly smooth head; hard, straight nose; unsettling smile; and glowing green round spectacles. The person is purple, and looks they are made from metal. The outlines of a few rectangular panels are visible. In addition to the bright blue sky around them, they are slightly illuminated from the rear by a reddish light. Perched on top of their head is a white bird, tiny by comparison, with a few more birds in the sky. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/04/08

April 8, 2026
A thin, rickety bridge extends through a raging red and yellow inferno. Marching along the bridge is an eerie procession, led by a person wearing a tall top hat. The person is blowing a trumpet. Behind them, a hulking figure with a windup key sticking out of its back thumps a drum with a red star on it, hung around its neck. In the rear is a small, hunched figure with horns and a tail, playing a saxophone. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/04/02

April 2, 2026
A dingy room with a yellow wall. Dominating the room is a giant metal box, the size of an enormous refrigerator or furnace. It's the greenish blue color of corroded copper. On the front of it is a round portal, revealing the head of a flaming figure inside. The figure is a fiery orange with blazing yellow eyes. There are a few controls and lights on the front of the box. Numerous pipes, the same color as the box, lead out of the box and up to the ceiling. To the right of the box is a door with a red triangle on it. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/24

March 24, 2026
A rough, impressionist painting of a person seeming to step out of a blazing yellow-green haze that make up the entire background of the painting. The person is rendered in garish shades of green, blue, red, and crimson. Its head is covered by a round sticker of a greenish-red smiley-face with X's for eyes. The person has a dark green-tinged halo above its head. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/16

March 16, 2026
A grassy hill under a blue sky. On top of the hill is a rectangular granite structure with an arched doorway in the middle of it. The doorway reveals a glowing green interior, even though the rectangular structure looks more like a slab than a building. Framed in the doorway, or portal, is a hunched figure with horns and a walking staff. Above the doorway is a black sign with white lettering that says "Downtown", followed by the numbers 4 and 5 in green circles. Anyone familiar with New York City subway signage will probably recognize these. Perched on top of the granite block is a black bird with a green eye. There are a few white clouds in the sky, and a blurry hill in the distance. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/12

March 12, 2026
A figure in a heavy purple robe stands under a blue evening sky. The figure is mostly unseen, buried under the robe; one skeletal hand is visible, holding a walking stick. Under the hood, where its face would be, is a red icon of a low battery encircled by an Apple-esque charging ring: a gray circle with a short red arc indicating that the charge is low. The robe has a greenish sheen to it. In the distance is a blurry hint of trees. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/03/05

March 5, 2026
A thin figure paints a giant red devil, comparatively the size of a house, on a gray surface. While the devil's right leg is rough and unfinished, and parts of it have red paint drips, the rest of the devil looks quite realistic and appears to be coming alive. The devil has turned its head and is looking down at the painter, an expression of dark suspicion on its face. The painter has a white halo above its head. A small silver and red paint can sits on the ground. The painting—this painting, the meta-painting, if you will—is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/02/21

February 21, 2026
A strange, dark figure stalks along a grassy hillside under a bleak, grayish-yellow sky. The figure has long arms, thin legs, and a heavy body. It looks like it's wearing a suit and tie, but the upper and lower parts are one garment. It has a small green ID badge. Its head is covered by a hood with antennas, a zipper running down the middle of it. The eyes are round and glowing green, accompanied by a few small green LEDs. Its right hand has been replaced by a tool of some sort. In the background is the ridgeline of a mountain; a hazy white sun hangs in the sky. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/02/14

February 14, 2026
A strange and disturbing figure, rendered entirely in dark, dull, monochromatic blue-green against a pale tan background. The figure is lurching forward, the way a zombie would, arms hanging down. One arm is longer than the other. Its legs are oddly thin compared to its upper body. It is wearing a suit coat and tie, but the left arm of the coat is short, like a short-sleeved shirt, and the left side of the coat is higher than the right. Also pinned to the left breast of the coat is what looks like an ID card, although whatever is printed on it is not visible. The figure wears mismatched boots, one of which is open, and appears generally dysfunctional. Where its head would be is a shapeless black smudge; a void that looks like a large ink blot. At the center of the void is a small orange icon of a gas pump—the icon a car displays when it is close to running out of fuel. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/02/08

February 8, 2026
A drab, gray basement room. Heavy pipes hang from the ceiling. There is little to look at in this place: a white analog clock, a heavy gray door in the wall, the left edge of a bulletin board to the right of it. Under the pipes, a ghostly white figure holds a mop, sweeping a polished dark floor. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/02/06

February 6, 2026
A statue made of dull gray-green concrete stands against a blue sky. The statue wears a suit coat. Instead of a head, it has a boulder, balanced on its stumplike neck. A crude red smiling face is spray-painted onto the boulder. Similarly, a red necktie is spray-painted onto its chest. There are a few white wispy clouds in the background. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/02/05

February 5, 2026
A gray, stone statue wearing a suit and tie stands waist deep in the snow under a gray sky. The statue is partly covered with snow, and has a few small cracks in it. It is taking a selfie, holding its stone phone up in front of its face and smiling. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/02/04

February 4, 2026
A blue-green world somewhere under the water. Something vast and old is shifting up from the depths. Only its head is visible: round like a fish's, with one dead black eye and a large mouth full of pointed teeth. The creature is dark blue, with slightly wrinkled skin, and covered in illegible graffiti tags. Floating above it, still deep underwater, is a person wearing a suit and tie. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/01/30

January 30, 2026
A black background with a red "Closed" sign, like a lot of businesses are displaying right now in solidarity with the nationwide general strike and the protest against ICE. The sign reads "Sorry, We're Closed" in white letters in that mix of script and all-caps sans-serif that I like so much. In the lower left are the words "Fire ICE", scrawled in neon-pink graffiti lettering. In the top right is the Minnesota flag, a design that features a light blue field with a darker blue obtuse angular figure on the hoist. There's one small modification, though: in place of the white star is the Rebel Alliance logo from Star Wars. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/01/29

January 29, 2026
Goblin town: a dull, gray netherworld. A figure with horns and a long tail stands in front of a glowing billboard displaying a subway map of some unknown city. The map has numerous interconnecting colored lines, rendered in sharp geometric lines. No city is recognizable, and no station names are legible. The figure, silhouetted in the greenish glow from the board, is slightly hunched, with short legs and long arms. It is holding a briefcase, and has a windup key sticking out of its back. A low fog hangs over the ground. Glowing green-white fluorescent tubes hang above the scene. A few dim, horned shapes roam in the background. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/01/27

January 27, 2026
A green, goblinesque figure wearing a black baseball cap backwards, an indigo jacket with gold stars on the back, a pair of garish red-orange pants, and black boots with a purple lightning bolt on one. The figure has long pointed ears, a long, pointed nose, a long, pointed face, and long, pointed teeth. It is gesturing creepily with its hands the way a monster in a horror film might do. Its eyes are partly covered by the baseball cap. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/01/22

January 22, 2026
Two images on a dull gray surface. One is a greenish monochrome photograph of a person wearing a suit and tie. The person is also wearing a badge, although the badge is too small to show any specific content. The top of the photograph is torn off, so the person's head is missing. Beneath the photo, like an underlying sheet of paper, is another image: a garishly colored depiction of a snarling demonic face with horns, pointed ears, and bulging eyes. The face is mostly crimson on a dark purple background, with highlights in yellow and neon greens and blues. The edges of this image are slightly tattered. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/01/21

January 21, 2026
A tall, blue figure wearing something that looks vaguely like a uniform stumbles forward awkwardly, brandishing a long sword. The figure wears boots and has the head of a robot, with a flat mouth and staring blue eyes. Perched on its back, one finger pointed forward, is a short, red, demonic-looking creature with a conspicuously fake white halo fixed to its head. The background is a bright yellowish-red. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

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