Skip to content

notes art

explorations in iphone notes

  • Blog
  • About

works

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”.

2025/09/06

September 6, 2025
A ruined building sits on a rocky hill. The building is a small brick house with no windows, no roof, and crumbling walls with graffiti. The building is a rusty brick-brown color. The sky is the dull green-blue of evening, with a white full moon high in the right side of the sky. Sitting on the left wall of the building is a ghostly white figure, checking its phone. The painting is signed “Chris Silverman”.

2025/09/05

September 5, 2025
A barren hilltop, set against a yellow sky. The orange-gold color suggests dawn or dusk. Sticking out of the hilltop is a very large, building-sized metal mask. The mask is seen in profile, and has a cold, remote expression. It is a dark blue with the greenish tinge of tarnished metal, and has a few cracks. Directly behind it is a small normal-sized chair, that looks tiny by comparison. The hilltop itself is a dark greenish-brown. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/09/04

September 4, 2025
A gray scene that could be anywhere from twilight to late night. A person in a suit, a hat, and a badge stands in a dark gray grassy area, pointing a glowing white flashlight beam to the right. In front of them, partially embedded in the ground, is a stone cube with a question mark carved into it. 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".

2025/09/02

September 2, 2025
A gray sky; a gray meadow; a gray world. Walking through the meadow is a dark figure carrying a very large portrait. Most of the figure is concealed behind the portrait, which shows a painted head in profile on a white canvas. The head has a cold, impersonal expression, and is rendered in broad, thick brushstrokes of red, gray, and black. Looking a little closer, one notices that the figure seems to be blended into the canvas, as though the head on the painting is the head of the figure carrying the painting. One of the figure's arms is dimly visible through the white canvas. The painting containing the painting—that is, the work you are looking at; the meta-painting, if you will—is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/09/01

September 1, 2025
A boxy, dull purplish robot stands in dark purple grass against a bright yellow sky. In the top right of the sky is a white sun. The robot's body has a rusty, slightly iridescent texture. In the center is a circular porthole window, through which is visible a goldfish. The goldfish, lit from below with a greenish light, looks translucent. The porthole is surrounded by bolts and rusty holes. The robot's head has a television screen on it, which is displaying a green x-ray image of a goldfish, its skeleton visible. The robot has two long, mechanical arms. 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".

2025/08/30

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”.

2025/08/28

August 28, 2025
A dark, bleak mountaintop under a dark, bleak sky filled with heavy clouds. In the background is the hazy outline of another mountain range. Hovering above the craggy rocks, casting a greenish light, is a small glowing white orb. It appears to be headed towards a round sign planted at the very peak of the mountain. The sign has an icon of a bus on it. This is a primarily dull purple painting, signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/08/27

August 27, 2025
A small figure kicks a giant, building-sized chess rook over a square cliff with precise edges. The cliff is dark brown and appears to be very narrow. The chess rook is dark, polished mahogany. The sky is a bright red, with a white sun in the top left. 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".

2025/08/25

August 25, 2025
The most pagan railroad crossing you've ever seen. Only the signal is visible, standing in the middle of high grass. The crossbuck, while a recognizable X shape, looks like antlers or crossed branches. Both signal lamps are glowing red and resemble eyes. Some strands of moss hang from them. The grass the signal is standing in is a dull green; the sky is yellow. There's a hint of a brown treeline in the background. Maybe trains are not the only thing you need to be watching for. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/08/24

August 24, 2025
A small, very tall house sits on three thin legs on a barren surface of reddish soil. The legs look like those of a Mars lander. The house appears to have three stories: there is a weird metal circular hatch on the first level, two windows on the second, and a single arched window at the top, directly under the pointed roof. The house looks like it may have been something else earlier—a metal machine, or part of a rocket. The surface is rusty, tarnished metal with tinges of red and blue-green. It has odd holes and seams throughout it. The window on the left is a rusty rectangular gap; the window on the right is a well-maintained window with a plant in it. All windows are dark except for the topmost window, which is glowing green, perhaps reflecting the surrounding greenish-yellow sky. A white sun sits in the sky on the left; a dim mountain is visible in the distance. The painting is signed “Chris Silverman”.

2025/08/23

August 23, 2025
A small, weird vehicle that looks sort of like a condensed reverse pickup truck: a flat bed in the front, with the cab positioned behind it. Behind the cab is a tall black object with a chimney coming out of it. The rear wheel is larger than the front, sort of like a tractor. The truck is a drab green with a yellowish texture, and a yellow light on top. On the bed of the vehicle, held in place with belts, is an odd object: a tall, white, lumpy creation that looks sort of like a pickle. The background is a bluish-green. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/08/22

August 22, 2025
A person stands on a skyscraper. The left face of the skyscraper is illuminated with a bright greenish light that fades to a blurry indigo; the right face is mostly in shadow, with only one glowing window visible. The skyscraper stands against a primarily dark indigo sky, the contrast of which particularly brings out the green light. The middle of the sky has a bluish glow to it. Standing on the roof of the skyscraper, the person is flying a white kite with a red tail into the dark part of the sky. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/08/21

August 21, 2025
A small island sits in the middle of the ocean. Streaking up from the island is a large rocket ship with small glowing windows on the sides. A white tail of flame traces the ship. In the sky to the left of the ship are a small white sun and a much larger moon; the moon is very close to the planet and appears much larger than the sun. The white sunlight glints off the surface of the ocean. In the close foreground is the rocky silhouette of another body of land. This is a monochrome, predominantly bluish-gray painting, signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/08/20

August 20, 2025
A weird figure, mostly in shadow, wearing a dark indigo suit and a black tie. The figure's head is blurry and entirely black. Colored stripes of iridescent green and light blue overlay the figure and obscure its face; the effect suggests static or digital distortion. The figure stands against a dark indigo-greenish background. Hanging above its head is a glowing white halo with a greenish tinge. The halo is suspended from two clearly visible strings. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/08/19

August 19, 2025
A dark figure with a desk lamp for a head stands in a dark crimson space. The figure has long arms and long fingers. The lamp casts a bright orange-red beam on a huge face in front of the lamp person. The face is seen in profile, and looks like it is made of stone. Its eyes are closed. Small glowing particles float in the lamp beam. 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".

2025/08/17

August 17, 2025
A desolate scene: flat, bluish ground, yellow-green sky, and the leafless hulk of a tree extending up to the sky like a vine. A small red house hangs like a birdhouse from the longest branch on the tree. The house is rough-textured, with a single circular opening, and looks like it is made of metal. Hanging from the house below it is a small blue sign with the word "Open". Sitting on the same branch is a dark bird. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/08/16

August 16, 2025
A long-necked orange creature that looks sort of like a cross between a giraffe and a deer stands against a dark blue background. The creature is wearing a blue necktie with green stripes, a VR headset, and yellow boots. Sitting on its back is a dark figure wielding a green light saber. This fever dream is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/08/15

August 15, 2025
A giant, oblong stone head sits in a dark field on a starry evening. The sky is the soft blue of a clear summer night. The head is the size of a small two-story building, with a craggy, scowling face. On the right side of the head is an open hatchway, suggesting the head has an interior. White light is pouring from the hatchway, and someone is peering into it, reaching into it as though making repairs or adjustments. A full moon sits in the sky, its light glinting off the head. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/08/14

August 14, 2025
An explorer stands inside a rocky cave. The explorer is holding up a flaming yellow torch; the light turns the surrounding walls red-orange and throws the craggy striations into sharp relief. Embedded in the rock wall and ceiling directly above the explorer is a huge, yellow smiley-face emoji. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/08/13

August 13, 2025
A strange, remote place: a gray, rocky hill under a pink sky. At the top of the hill, looking more like an outgrowth of it than a placed object, is a tilted stone cube. Hovering around it are small, glowing wisps of light that appear sentient. In the background is the dim suggestion of a purple tree line. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/08/12

August 12, 2025
A strange figure that appears to be wearing some sort of cloak or blanket. Only its legs are visible; the rest of it is covered by lumpy, clothlike material. The back of it is illuminated by a bright pink light, while the front of it is illuminated by a bioluminescent green light. Where its face would be is a round, glassy mask like that on a diver's helmet. No facial features are visible. The figure stands against a yellow-gold background. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/08/11

August 11, 2025
A spooky figure with a grinning pumpkin head, a purpleish top hat, a crimson tie, and a dark brown coat stands against an orange-yellow background. Its right hand is placed on its hip. It's holding out its left hand, above which hovers a bright yellow flame. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts
  • Mastodon
  • Instagram
  • Glass
  • Pixelfed
  • Link
  • RSS Feed

    All work © Chris Silverman