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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.”

2025/04/01

April 1, 2025
A figure who looks like Uncle Pennybags from Monopoly stands against a dull gray background, wearing a bright red nose and clown makeup. On his black top hat, he's got a yellow smiley-face badge. The hat has a purple, shiny ribbon around it, and a greenish sheen. Uncle Pennybags is wearing a black suit coat with a white button-down shirt and a maroon bowtie. His mustache is an unnatural, bluish-purple, and he has blue makeup around his eyes the way a clown would. His left hand is upraised, and he's holding a small puppet figure that is wearing a jester's cap and a dress with colored polkadots. The puppet is also wearing clown makeup and is smiling and winking. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman". 

2025/03/28

March 28, 2025
A tall, shadowy figure stands on a dark, blurry ground against an eerie greenish-yellow sky. The figure is covered in a black cloak that is open, revealing emptiness. If an invisible person was covered in a dark cloak, this is what it would look like. Hanging next to the figure in the air is a piece of cardboard with a hole cut in it that suggests an old TV screen. The figure's right arm is upraised; it is holding up a brightly colored puppet with a yellow smiley face and blue clothing, raising its arms in an exaggerated cheerful gesture. The puppet is inside the screen, as though it is on TV. A glowing full moon hangs in the sky. The painting is signed “Chris Silverman.”

2025/03/23

March 23, 2025
An environment that is mostly red and yellow flames. The ground is a reddish blur with slight darker tones, and appears to be an inferno. Above, in the top right, is a glowing white flaming square with a red question mark in it, similar to the power-up boxes in the Mario universe. Below, slightly to the left, is a gray stone block of the same size with greenish highlights. Placed on top of it is a circular glinting treasure, something between a gold coin and a glass bead. In the lower left corner, standing directly in the inferno, is a small figure with a flaming white halo above its head. Above it, high in the sky, circles a large birdlike figure. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/03/13

March 13, 2025
A small dark-colored creature sits like a cat against a dull green background. There are hints, however, that it is not a cat: the dragon-like claws on its paws, the long thin tail, and the weird blue-green metallic sheen on its skin. What its head looks like, no one can say—it's wearing a fearsome mask larger than it is. The mask is white like a clown's face, with a grinning red-lipped mouth; a long tongue that starts out red and ends in glowing radioactive green; a bright red nose; and wild blue eyes. The mask has two pointy, red-tipped horns. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/03/10

March 10, 2025
A strange figure with four legs, no arms, and a large eye. The figure is shaped roughly like a Pac-Man ghost, with a rounded head. Each of its feet is wearing a shoe. It looks like it is hastily assembled from sheets of copper, or some other metal with a dull green patina. There are visible seams across its body, and some wrinkling that suggests cloth. A few bolts are also visible. It has a large yellow eye with a similarly metallic iris and a red pupil. Hanging above its head is a glowing white halo. It is standing on a bright yellowish-green background. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/03/09

March 9, 2025
A stocky figure with horns stands on a thin, rickety bridge with moss hanging from the underside. The sky is a light green, accented by hazy yellow sunlight. A yellow sun sits in the top right, partially obscured by glowing yellow clouds. The figure is holding a red umbrella with white polkadots over a bluish egg positioned on the bridge in front of it. The umbrella looks a little like a mushroom. The figure is mostly dark colored, with iridescent highlights of green, purple, and red. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman". 

2025/03/04

March 4, 2025
A small raft sits in the middle of a large body of water. The sky and the water are a bright sunny mix of red and yellow; it's not clear where the sky ends and the water begins. There is a suggestion of fog. Dominating the scene is a vast black pirate flag—a ragged, grinning skull and crossbones, hoisted on an extremely unstable-looking flagpole that is cobbled together from smaller pieces of wood. The pole leans rightward at a slight angle. Standing on the raft to the left of the flag is a much smaller figure that looks like it is wearing a suit. It is raising its right hand and brandishing a pirate sword. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/02/24

February 24, 2025
A tall, very powerful-looking figure stands, arms flexed to show off their muscular build. The person looks like a boxer or bodybuilder: very tall and wearing athletic shorts, with a broad chest and a V-shaped figure. They are standing on dully colored grass in front of a yellow sky, the sun high above, and are mostly silhouetted, with the sunlight reflecting red off their shoulders and arms. Their right foot is propped on a short, square box with a yellow star on it. Thin strings are connected to their head, hands, and feet, as though they are a marionette. The strings extend upward into the sky. It's not clear who's at the end of them. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/02/14

February 14, 2025
A dark, foggy night. On the right of the painting, a rickety dock extends across greenish fog that covers the water. It is supported by two unsteady-looking pilings. At the very end of the dock is an even more rickety lamppost, from which hangs a glowing greenish lantern. Moss hangs from the underside of the dock. Also hanging from the underside of the dock, like a bat, is an unsettling figure wearing a top hat and coat. Going by the two glowing green eyes under the hat, it is not sleeping. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman". Happy Valentine's Day.

2025/02/13

February 13, 2025
A dark green background. In the foreground is a collection of small, brightly glowing greenish-yellow rocks. Strands of mist rise up from the rocks. Standing behind them, looming out of the fog, is a large dark figure with no visible arms and a round head. The underside of its broad nose is lit eerily. Its eyes glow green-yellow in the light. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/02/11

February 11, 2025
A long serpent made of glowing white and yellow fire, curved in approximately the shape of a backwards S. Astride the serpent, riding it almost like a broomstick, is a tall human figure wearing a fedora hat with a clock key sticking out of its back. The figure is dark brown, and illuminated by the fire. The background is bright reddish orange. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman". 

2025/02/05

February 5, 2025
A figure with horns stands silhouetted in a blaze of red and orange light. The light is tinged with fluorescent greens and blues. The figure is casting a long indigo shadow and is staring at one of its hands, from which yellow fire is rising. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/01/30

January 30, 2025
A tall, blurry figure with a stovepipe hat stands against a grayish-tan background. In the top right, a hazy sun casts a watery yellow light. The figure's only facial features are two glowing eyes. In the center of the figure's chest is a glowing green circular window the iridescent color of a holograph. A bluish silhouette is visible in the window. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/01/26

January 26, 2025
A multicolored blob of rainbow hues: red, yellow, bioluminescent green, ultraviolet purple, all on a black background. The blob has a cartoonish smile and four googly eyes facing to its right. Above it is a hazy glowing greenish halo with ultraviolet blue tinges. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/01/22

January 22, 2025
A pink, luminescent blob that looks sort of like a Pac-Man ghost: round, with short, conical tentacles. The blob has two googly eyes haphazardly placed on it, and a gold star sticker beneath one of the eyes. There is a glowing green halo above its head. It is traveling to the right. It is in a dark, featureless space. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/01/20

January 20, 2025
A person wearing a suit and tie stands on a small stage that looks like barely more than an oversized milk crate. The person is performing: left leg out behind them, right arm raised high. In their left hand, they are holding a top hat. No crowd or observers are visible, and the surrounding area is mostly dark except for an eerie green light coming from above that looks sort of like a spotlight. The artwork is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/01/19

January 19, 2025
A furry red creature on two legs, holding a bright yellow mask in front of its face. The creature has a reddish clock key sticking out of its back. The mask is viewed from the side, in profile, and is about half the height of the figure itself. The mask has large round eyes, a sharp nose, and a smiling mouth. The figure is standing against a dark brown background. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/01/13

January 13, 2025
A single wall with an uneven top stands in a barren, yellow space that suggests a desert. The side of the wall facing the viewer is in shadow, and is nearly black. Nevertheless, one can make out the dim outlines of several large sheets of paper fixed to the wall. It's not visible what's on most of them, but the largest appears to have a portrait of someone wearing a dark jacket and tie. Two large, plastic googly eyes are pasted on the person's face. They are facing right. To the right of the wall and slightly behind it, walking out from behind it, is a dark silhouette of a person. The figure is casting a shadow towards the viewer. The person has a googly eye fixed to their head as well, and that eye is looking towards the wall. A bright white sun burns in the sky.

2025/01/12

January 12, 2025
A yellow creature with three legs, no arms, and a bright red beanie with a red propeller on it. The creature's face is a collection of four googly eyes affixed to its body. It is standing against a dark gray background.

2025/01/07

January 7, 2025
A scene at dusk or dawn: a purple sky that still has stars, with pink clouds on the horizon. Standing in the foreground is a crude, gray, roughly humanoid-shaped wooden cutout, propped up by a clearly visible board. Spray-painted on the front in white paint is a clumsy approximation of a suit and tie. Two irregularly cut eyeholes are the closest thing it has to a face. Someone has placed a black fedora on its head. Standing behind it is a dark silhouette of a much smaller person, approximately a third the height of the cutout. The person is holding a hammer and seems to be the one who has created this in the first place.

2025/01/06

January 6, 2025
An arched doorway, leading from one white room to another white room. A dark shadow falls across the light streaming in through the doorway. The figure casting the shadow is not visible, but it's close by. Illegitimi non carborundorum.

2025/01/05

January 5, 2025
A tall, dark, greenish tower with a pointed roof and an arched belfry. Sitting in the belfry, where a bell would otherwise be, is a blurry dark shapeless figure with two glowing eyes and a white halo above its head. Protruding from the right side of the belfry is a rod with a small yellow sign hanging from it. The sign has the word "open" on it. In front of the tower, about half its height, is a small mustard-yellow booth, also with a pointed roof and a large arched window. Sitting in it like a ticket taker is a figure who looks a little like a monk: shaved head, greenish robes. There is a suggestion of trees in the background. A bright white sun sits in the top right of the yellow sky. Sitting on the roof of the larger tower is a dark bird. This painting is done primarily in shades of gold, brown, and dark green.

2025/01/04

January 4, 2025
A snowy landscape. The sky is the dark blue of early morning or evening. On the left side of the painting is a blurry suggestion of snow covered trees. On the right side is the dark outline of a house with snow on the roof. The house has two dark, arched windows. In the leftmost window is a single burning candle. Looming behind the candle is a large, shadowy silhouette with two dim gray eyes. In the sky, hovering around the house, are three white shapes that look vaguely like comets, except that they are clearly moving independently and of their own volition. They look almost as though they are trying to find a way into the house.

2025/01/03

January 3, 2025
A dark, slightly blurry figure with one hand placed on its hip and another hand raised in greeting. Its head looks like something from a plastic toy: bright pink skin, minimalist yellow hair, and a simple smiley-face expression. Fixed to its chest is a shiny pink heart that also looks like a toy. The figure is standing against a neutral gray background.

2024/12/30

December 30, 2024
A large, menacing figure stands against a dark blue background. The figure has unusually long arms and long, clawlike figures. The figure is mostly white, with tinges of green and pink on its hands. Its head is red-orange, with one round, staring eye. A blurry, multicolored halo hangs above its head.

2024/12/26

December 26, 2024
A blazing red and yellow sky over a dark purpleish meadow. On the left stands a small person in front of a large old-fashioned camera on a tripod. The person is photographing a monstrous figure wearing a top hat and fashionable coat. The figure is posing, one leg placed on a small rock, one hand on its hip. It looks like a rhinoceros from hell: enormous snout, multiple horns, several fangs, and a large, soulless red eye. Both parties are mostly silhouetted in profile, but are reflecting reddish light from the sky. In the sky, two large birds fly overhead.

2024/12/24

December 24, 2024
A bright sunny day: the sky is clear and blue, and the ground is covered with snow. On the left side of the painting is an enormous snowman. It is leaning forward, its stick arms raised menacingly. It has an open mouth, a carrot for a nose, and two black eyes. Snow is flying around it. It is leaning towards a person in front of it. The person is wearing dark pants, an orange jacket, and red mittens and hat, and is stepping back in shock, as though the snowman has only just come to life by the power of the great and terrible snow demons.

2024/12/19

December 19, 2024
A tall, thin figure with the head of an animal—maybe a wolf, maybe something else—strides forward, holding a red shield in its left hand and a gleaming white sword in its right. On the shield is the yellow symbol of an eye, rotated 90° to run lengthwise down the shield. The figure is a reddish brown. It stands against a gold yellow background. There is a glowing white halo above its head.

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