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2025/12/25

December 25, 2025
A desolate scene: Jesus, in a white robe and halo, sits in an armchair in a darkened apartment lit only by the white glare of a flatscreen television. The entire scene is a dull bluish-green. Hanging on the wall above are the letters “Happy Birthday”, and a few stars, all of which have the effect of making the scene appear even less festive than it would be without these decorations. 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”.

2025/12/22

December 22, 2025
An unsettling figure hustles through the fog in a dark blue scene. The figure wears a bright green mask: a craggy face with a heavily lined brow. The figure is wearing a heavy dark overcoat with two shiny buttons, and carries a reddish briefcase. It is eerily lit by two blurry streetlamps, one a yellow-green and the other an orangey yellow. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/12/21

December 21, 2025
A rocky surface sits under a blazing white sun in a yellow-green sky. Sticking up from the surface are three tall, blue, pole-like figures, planted in the rock. The figures look like carved tree trunks. Two have craggy, Viking-esque faces and long beards. The third, on the right, has a more abstract, minimalist face, more like a modern sculpture. All three of them have reddish coloring on their faces and beards, like faded red paint. They lean slightly towards each other, as though conversing. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/12/20

December 20, 2025
A desolate yellow wasteland, under a desolate yellow sky. A white sun sits in the top left of the sky. Looming up from the ground is a haphazard structure that resembles a fireplace and chimney after the rest of the house has burned down around it. However, the structure is constructed in a diagonal manner that normal chimneys don't have. A crumbling column of brick lit a dull green by the sun, the structure has a few small rods and pipes sticking off of it. At the top of it, someone has spray-painted an eye and grinning mouth, which, combined with its overall shape, makes it look almost like a dinosaur. More graffiti covers the base. Where the fireplace would be is a small door. Hanging over the door is a small sign that simply says "Goal", the way the end-of-level indicators in Super Mario Land used to do. Sitting on the sign gantry is a black bird. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/12/19

December 19, 2025
A dark, purple forest with straight, looming tree trunks. On the left, the trunk closest to the viewer has a complex network of roots spreading into the ground. Farther away trees are dimmed by fog. On the right, an eerie orange glow of afternoon sunlight filters through the trees. Illuminated by the sunlight is a small cemetery of several crooked crosses. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/12/18

December 18, 2025
A tall, narrow industrial structure stands in a green-orange meadow against a yellow sky. The building is made of concrete, is a dark blue-green color, and is the size and shape of a two-story phone booth. It has a number of pipes running up its sides. There is a small, barred door in the front, beneath a white light. There is a small fire-hydrant-ish thing in front of the door. The second story of the building has two narrow windows and looks like a Macintosh 128K computer with a Twiggy disk drive. Nothing is displayed on the screen. On the top of the building/computer are a few antennae. In the sky is a blazing white sun. 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".

2025/12/16

December 16, 2025
A blazing red sky, yellow at the horizon, and a rocky purplish hill sloping sharply to the right. Hurtling down the hill is a very large, round object that looks like an alien pocketwatch: dark blue, with glowing green characters and lines on its face, and several lines that look like clock hands. Barely managing to stay in front of it is a person about half the size of the watch. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/12/15

December 15, 2025
A dull, blue scene: in the foreground, a concrete bunker that consists of a cylindrical base with a tall, slit-like window and a second story that resembles a small round tower with a conical roof. At the top of the first story is a handrail, indicating a narrow walkway. The tower also has a small slitted window. The bunker is decrepit, with a few faded graffiti tags and some crumbling concrete slabs around the base. It sits in a barren, open area with a blurry treeline in the background. There are no signs of life except two birds above it in the otherwise empty sky. 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".

2025/12/12

December 12, 2025
A small blue car drives along a dim road on a cold winter night. Beyond the car is a dark blurry treeline. The sky is gray, with no stars, although there is a huge white crescent moon in the top left. To the right of the moon are two thin, tall radio towers with glowing red lights. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/12/11

December 11, 2025
A figure stands in a bleak blue space wearing a bright red suit and tie. The figure's left hand is behind its back, while its right holds a small dull-green suitcase. Where the figure's head should be are three long, powerful serpents. Each one has a haphazardly placed googly eye on its head. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/12/10

December 10, 2025
A brightly colored devil figure jogs through the dark. The figure is purple and blue, with a blurriness about the body that suggests speed, fur, or both. Its arms and feet are reddish-yellow; its feet glow with yellow sparks. It is wearing a blazing red-and-yellow devil mask, and the devil's beard is also giving off sparks. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/12/09

December 9, 2025
A large, strangely shaped building stands against a dark blue evening sky. It is the size of a house and shaped like a chunk of coal. It's dark like coal, too, and sits on a lattice of iron beams like a fire tower. Large rusty pipes are sticking out of one side of it, and several walls have small glowing green windows. On the front face of the building is a giant clock with green Roman numerals, set to 9:41. Two antennae stick out of the roof, with white lights on them. There is a small chimney, with smoke curling out of it. At the very bottom of the building is an open doorway, glowing green. A ladder extends down from the doorway, disappearing into the fog below. Hanging next to the doorway is a pink neon sign that reads "Open". 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".

2025/12/07

December 7, 2025
A view from the surface of the moon: a vast white expanse under a starry black sky. In the top right of the sky sits the earth, a blue and brown half-moon covered with white clouds. Visible in the distance are mountains. Closer to the viewer is a round hole in the ground. A ladder is sticking out of it, leading down to who knows where. Next to the hole is an orange warning cone. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/12/06

December 6, 2025
A tree with no leaves on its branches stands in a bright yellow and bluish space. The area is blurry, but gives the impression of a sunny day, and a vast, icy expanse. The tree stands in the middle of this. Hanging from one of its branches, on the right, is a small sign that reads "open" in large, pinkish-white block letters. Below the sign is placed a chair. 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".

2025/12/02

December 2, 2025
A strange, heavily industrial building stands against a yellow sky. The building is tall—think of two differently-sized file cabinets stacked on each other—and looks more like a machine part or piece of equipment than a dwelling. It is a drab dark gray with a brownish tinge that suggests weathered concrete. The sides have numerous odd crevices, pipes, and striations, with a red triangle that suggests a hazard symbol painted on the right side. It has a few small windows that reveal a blue interior, as well as glowing white LED-esque lights embedded in the side. On the roof are a few antennas and a radio dish. Out front is a small mailbox. The grass around the building is tinged red from the sun. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/12/01

December 1, 2025
A dark night, with a glowing green celestial body—a moon? an orb? a ball of white light surrounded by a greenish glow—in the top right. Below it, knee deep in greenish fog, is a small figure. The figure has a large shiny spherical bomb for a head. The fuse is where its face would be, and it is casually lighting the fuse as though lighting a cigarette, the rest of it dimly illuminated by both the yellow flame of the lighter and the blazing white light in the sky. Its head has a faded red stencil of a warning triangle with an exclamation point inside it, in case the risks of the situation were unclear. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/11/30

November 30, 2025
A strange, blurry landscape with the ruins of buildings. This is a dull blue-green world that looks as though it is underwater: misshapen hulks of walls and columns and the vague ghost of a road running between them. A dim light spot in the top right of the sky suggests a sun, and two huge birds circle about it all. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/11/29

November 29, 2025
An eerie green world. A tall, crumbling stone arch rises up from the ground, like the one doorway left after the rest of the house vanished. Above the archway, in the center, is a mask-shaped stone face, eyes in shadow, mouth stretched into an unpleasant smile. The mask is revealing teeth and sticking out a long pointed tongue. Sitting on the top right corner of the arch is a raven. Walking under the arch is a strange figure: arms a little longer than they ought to be, the outline of a top hat, and two glowing eyes. The figure is silhouetted, so not much in the way of details can be seen. This is an entirely green painting, signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/11/28

November 28, 2025
A figure wearing an indigo-colored full-body suit. The suit is wrinkled, looks sort of rubbery, and has an iridescent greenish sheen to it. The figure, though humanoid, does not look human, with long, thin arms and long, thin fingers. The suit—or maybe the creature inside it—has two pointed horns. Where the face would be is a circular faceplate, glowing green. Sticking out of the figure's back is a metallic clock key. The background is a hot pink. 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".

2025/11/26

November 26, 2025
A red devil with horns and a pointed tail bounds over the ground on a clear blue starry night. The devil is carrying an enormous sack with a few red and yellow patches applied to it. The devil's hooves glow reddish-yellow. A large white crescent moon hangs in the sky. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/11/25

November 25, 2025
The deep, foggy, gray woods. Thick trees loom in the background. In the foreground, a dark figure wearing a wide-brimmed hat and carrying a staff stands before a crooked signpost with two arrows. The white sun filters through the trees and fog. 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".

2025/11/23

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".

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