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2026/01/14

January 14, 2026
An eerie green world: a dark sky, heavy with fog, punctuated by one blazing light that does not entirely look like a celestial body. Looming up in the background are dark silhouettes that could either be skyscrapers or towers of rock. In the foreground is a smaller, lighter, conical mountain, green like everything else. Its right edge reflects yellow light from the glowing orb above it. Carved out of the side of the mountain are rough blocky shapes that suggest buildings. They have a few glowing yellow windows in them. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/01/12

January 12, 2026
A figure stands on a craggy point overlooking the ocean, one hand on its hip. The sky is the deep blue of a cloudy late evening or early morning. The figure is wearing a dark coat, and has a traffic signal for a head. The yellow light is illuminated, casting a dim yellowish tinge on the rock in front of it. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/01/08

January 8, 2026
A hulking creature with dark reddish fur stands against a blue-gray background. The creature has a disproportionately large upper body and long, apelike arms with pointed fingers. It is wearing a round mask, one half orange and the other half white. The mask is a minimalist winking smiley-face. Fixed to the creature's head is a conspicuously fake white halo mounted on a stick. The creature wears a blue medal with a yellow star around its neck. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/12/17

December 17, 2025
An eerie green sky, dominated by a giant dark planetlike sphere. The sphere is partially obscuring a blazing white sun, and the right side of the sphere is illuminated with greenish-yellow light. On the ground, a small figure stands on a dark, rocky slope. The figure is holding up a slingshot that it has just fired, as though the giant sphere eclipsing the sun was the projectile. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/12/14

December 14, 2025
A small, blue, rocky path winds under a blazing yellow-green sky. Up ahead, the path is blocked by a small striped barrier and a dark sign that says "Ring for Service" in blue letters. Hanging to the right of the sign is a cord attached to a bell. The advice is complicated by the fact that the bell is attached to a vast, reddish-purple obelisk-shaped rock looming over the path. The rock is at an angle, and one tug on the cord would likely bring it all the way down. A bored crow sits on top of the rock, waiting for something to happen. The air is heavy with the impending future. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/11/27

November 27, 2025
A barren column of red rock stands against a reddish-orange sky. A few small, leafless trees have managed to find a roothold on the side. The base of the column is blurry with haze. The right side of the column is blazing yellow in the sunlight. Hovering above the flat summit of the column is a small yellow box with a question mark on it. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/11/24

November 24, 2025
A person stands in front of a large, misshapen stone house, chipping away at it. On closer inspection, the person appears to be carving a house out of a tall pillar of rock. The sky is yellow, a blazing white sun in the middle of it, and the rock is reddish. The building has a few windows, two of which are already illuminated. The person stands on a large mound of rocky debris, hammering away. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/11/21

November 21, 2025
A person dances on a giant gray mound of garbage, the sort of thing you'd see in a landfill: a colorless mountain of unidentifiable objects. The person is holding a trumpet. The sky is pink on the horizon and blue above. Two birds circle in the sky. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/11/13

November 13, 2025
A craggy mountain peak, cast red in the late afternoon sun. At the very top of the peak, appearing to grow out of it as the trunk of a tree might emerge from roots, is an odd towerlike structure that is clearly a dwelling, but looks more organic than architected. It has a winding staircase leading up to it, a small door, and two glowing windows. A few antennas are placed at the top. A blazing white sun hangs in the yellow sky. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/10/06

October 6, 2025
A remote landscape under a yellow sky. A small figure shines a blazing white flashlight beam into a gaping tunnel entrance carved into craggy gray rock. In the background is a blurry greenish suggestion of a wooded mountainside. Crouched on the rock directly above the tunnel, and looking all too close to pouncing, is a lithe dark-colored animal that, despite its long tail and an elongated head, looks eerily humanoid. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/08/31

August 31, 2025
The vast wilderness at night. The sky is a deep blue, and filled with stars. Several heavily forested ridge lines extend into the distance. On the furthest one is the silhouette of a large dish antenna, like a radio telescope. A greenish haze hangs over the trees and surrounds the telescope. The telescope has a few white lights blazing through the fog. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/08/06

August 6, 2025
A figure stands on a remote mountaintop under a deep blue-green sky. The mountain is mint green and white. The figure is holding a bright red teardrop-shaped marker, the kind you'd see on Google Maps. Behind the figure, planted in the mountain, is another such marker, this one yellow. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/06/17

June 17, 2025
A dark, conical mountain under a vast blue sky. The mountain is craggy, with rocky striations defined in dark purple. Planted on both sides of the mountain are flaming yellow torches. Standing on the very top of the mountain is a small human figure with its arms up. Hovering in the sky above it, like a UFO or an omen, is a huge white cloud icon that looks a little like Apple's iCloud logo. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/04/24

April 24, 2025
A dark-colored van with a cartoonish blue devil face on it flies above a range of dark bluish mountains. Glowing white exhaust comes out of the van's tailpipe. A shadowy figure is visible inside the van, seen through a red window. The sky is a bright red-orange. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/04/17

April 17, 2025
A figure stands on a scrubby hill in front of a small yellow fire. Smoke rises from the fire, drifting into the greenish sky. A small trail leads to the fire. In the background are the blurry outlines of tall buildings in varying shades. The background consists of blended yellow and green. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/04/07

April 7, 2025
A desolate place: rocky ground baking under an yellow-orange sky and a blazing white sun. A low fog covers the ground.  sticking up out of the ground is a very straight pole on which is placed a dark blue hat. The pole has pegs sticking out of it. A dark coat hangs from one of the pegs. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman". 

2025/04/03

April 3, 2025
A bright yellow-green sky. Sticking up into it, with no ground in sight, is a tall, thin, column of rock. A rough platform is unsteadily fixed to the rock. Nothing is on the platform. Also fixed to the rock, and extending out over the platform, is a thin metal rod with a wooden sign hanging from it. The sign has the word "open" on it in light green letters. Tied to the sign arm is a large shiny greenish-blue balloon. Nothing else is in the sky. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/03/19

March 19, 2025
A blurry desert scene, like something from a dream. The sky is a bright yellow, with a blazing white blur of a sun in the top right. The landscape is flat and reddish brown, punctuated by mountains and a tall, towering promontory. Hovering on the sky, far sharper and clearer than anything else in the scene, is a shiny reddish saucer, the sunlight glinting off of. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/03/12

March 12, 2025
A sheer cliff. Built on the very edge, to the point that it is hanging off the edge, is a small, rickety house. It is leading over the emptiness at an ominous angle, propped up by one board against the side of the cliff. Hanging in front of the house, suspended from a long, slapdash signpost, is a small sign that just says "Open". In the back of the house is a window, in which a person is standing. There is another small window under the roof peak. The sky is filled with yellow clouds. A blazing white sun sits in the top right. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/03/08

March 8, 2025
A blazing crimson sky, with a yellow sun hanging low over a distance hill, casting yellow light on the clouds. In the foreground, a hill slopes sharply down to the right. Hurtling down it is a large boulder, the sunlight glinting off it. Chasing along behind the boulder is a person. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/02/25

February 25, 2025
A person walks off a rocky cliff, striding into the air as though walking along an invisible path into empty space. The cliff, on the left side of the painting, is craggy and earth-toned, with sparse grass and weeds. The sky is a yellow-green. The person is carrying a long hiking staff and wearing a backpack. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/02/22

February 22, 2025
A bright pink sky with a slight haze of purple clouds in the top right corner. On the left is a dark black and purple cliff with a small staircase jutting off it. The edge of the cliff and the underside of the staircase have a ragged look, as though some vast chunk of the earth has been suddenly ripped away. A broken pipe sticks out of the cliff wall. Moss hangs from the pipe and the side of the cliff. At the end of the staircase, nearly tumbling off into space, is a pedestrian traffic signal on a small post. It is showing the white "walk" signal. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/02/19

February 19, 2025
A tall, craggy, conical mountain rises out of the gloom of fog. The sky is a heavy, dark gray. Extending out of the mountain's left side is a long dock, jutting into space. The doorway casts white light along the dock. Above the dock, high in the air, is a small figure wearing what appears to be a jet pack. White flames are shooting out of the jet pack, leaving a trail of light gray smoke. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/02/16

February 16, 2025
A dark mountain rises up into a reddish-purple sky. Hovering above the mountain is a circular spacecraft, a long yellowish beam of light emanating from a small round hatch on its underside. The sky is heavy with clouds and fog. A few dark shapes of birds circle about the mountain. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/02/10

February 10, 2025
A tall, dark brown column of soil stands isolated,a greenish-yellow sky in the background. The column is shaped a little like a tornado, the top part flat, tapering off toward the base. The ground it's standing on is unseen. The effect suggests ground at a higher elevation, hollowed away by erosion or heavy machinery until only a remnant of the original topography remains. Sticking out of the column of soil are small roots. Sitting on the flat part is a small red house with two white-framed windows, a chimney, and a tiny porch. In front of the house is a red mailbox. In the sky, two birds are circling. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/02/04

February 4, 2025
A silvery flying saucer hovers in a clear blue sky, the sunlight glinting off it. On the underside is a glowing white opening from which a beam of light extends down. Directly under the saucer is a conical hill covered in green trees. In front of the hill is a small yellow diamond-shaped sign; the kind you'd see on any North American road. The sign has a black icon of a flying saucer on it that matches the saucer behind it perfectly. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/01/31

January 31, 2025
A blazing yellow and orange sky over a dark maroon field. Hovering in the sky is a vast, roughly teardrop-shaped rock with a churchlike building on top of it. The building has a tall central steeple and multiple pointed roofs. Both the building and the rock are a dark maroon. The bottom of the rock is illuminated crimson, suggesting the sun is near the horizon. The building has glowing red and yellow windows. A few birds are in the air around the building. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2024/12/20

December 20, 2024
A scene early in the morning or early in the evening. The sun is down, and the world is various shades of blue, with a dim gold tint around the horizon. In the foreground is a very tall, narrow, conical mountain peak. The mountain is black against the sky. At the top of the peak, seemingly built into the mountain, is a building with a pointed steeple. It's unclear where the building ends and the mountain begins. A single glowing window is visible below the steeple. Winding past the mountain below is a narrow road. In the distance is the faded treeline of a distant hill. In the sky to the upper right is the dull sliver of a crescent moon.

2024/11/24

November 24, 2024
A tall, rocky promontory that resembles something you'd find in the middle of the American southwest. This one looks like it's in the middle of a meadow. It's mostly black, silhouetted against a burning orange-yellow sky. It also appears to be a dwelling of some sort, having several glowing windows and one door, all arched, all glowing green. A small tree sticks off the right side of it. In the red sky hangs a giant yellow crescent.

2024/10/27

October 27, 2024
A deep canyon winds between two steep, craggy cliffs. The bottom is flat, like a road. The sky above is a blazing yellow-green. One bird floats in the sky in the distance. There's no sign of any other life.

2024/10/24

October 24, 2024
A red sky in which an enormous comet the size of the sun can be seen. The landscape is mostly flat, the ground covered with fog, through which rises jagged, pointy mountains. Walking through the fog, only the top of their bodies visible, are two people: a person wearing a backpack and carrying a hiking stick, and a person in front of them wearing a wide-brimmed hat. See if this reminds you of anything.

2024/10/19

October 19, 2024
A blue, foggy evening. A person stands on rocky, uneven ground directly to the right of an enormous bonfire. Far in the distance, on top of a blurry mountain ridgeline, is a small yellow dot that indicates another fire.

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