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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".

2026/01/13

January 13, 2026
A bright yellow rubber duck floats in the calm blue-green expanse of the open ocean, under a mostly clear blue sky. On closer inspection, though, the duck has some sinister details: a round, glassy, reddish eye that looks distinctly technological; a small vent; and, most notably, a radio antenna sticking up out of its back. Fixed to the antenna is a slightly ragged black pirate flag with a skull and crossbones on it. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman". Happy January 13.

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".

2026/01/11

January 11, 2026
A person walks in a gray, featureless space, holding a small dark blue-gray cloud on a string as though it's a balloon. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/01/10

January 10, 2026
A figure runs through the dark, pointing a blazing whitish-green flashlight beam in front of it. The figure wears a dark, drab-brown suit and tie, and is sprinting out of the dark bluish fog that surrounds it. Its head is enormous—at least twice the size of its body—and looks like the square, minimalist "talking head" icon from classic Mac dialog boxes. The head is blue and looks like a blueprint, but hardly an organized one: it is covered with a chaotic scramble of lines, arrows, flowcharts, and scribbles that suggest a deeply disorganized mind. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/01/09

January 9, 2026
A small, silver, bullet-shaped rocket ship sits in a deep, cylindrical hole carved into the brown earth. The hole is seen in profile, as though the viewer is looking at a cross-section of the earth. The ship has a single round bluish window, and three pods. On its left side, a round hatch is open to reveal some internal pipes and wires. Standing on a small platform, peering into the hatch, is a person holding a hammer and wearing a headlamp. The headlamp illuminates the pipes and wires with a bright green-white glow. The soil looms all around, speckled with rocks and boulders. Above the hole, the sky is clear and blue. 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".

2026/01/07

January 7, 2026
A dark figure seen in profile walks in a dark space, the ground covered with slight grayish fog. The figure has a clock's windup key sticking out of its back. It is surrounded by those round "battery life" graphs that should be a familiar sight to anyone on iOS: gray circles with the level of charge indicated by how much of the circle's perimeter is colored. All of the graphs seen here indicate low battery life, and the white icons inside indicate different aspects of life: health, sleep, happiness, activity. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/01/06

January 6, 2026
A house-sized stack of precariously balanced reddish-gray boulders sits in the middle of a green field. They are held together by rusted metal bands bolted into the rock. It is early dawn or early evening; the sky is clear blue, with a tinge of pink on the horizon. A soft glow of sunlight is visible on the left. Sitting on top of the boulders is a person looking at a phone. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/01/05

January 5, 2026
A person pushes a large, wooden, brownish two-wheeled cart over barren bluish-red ground. Standing in the cart is a giant blue robot with a dark brass metal clock key sticking out of its back. The robot is holding a metal steering wheel attached to a steering column. The sky is red-brown, turning yellow towards the horizon. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/01/04

January 4, 2026
A tall figure wearing a dark purple overcoat grips a phone in its hand, staring in horror and appearing to stagger back from the screen. The figure is awkwardly proportioned, with strangely small legs and a very tall and massive upper body that give the impression of two people in the coat. The coat has two military-style stars on one shoulder, a round blue patch on the other, and an ID card pinned to the breast. The figure's head is round, with one eye and no nose, like a worm or some bizarre fish. Its eye is red. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/01/03

January 3, 2026
A briefcase-carrying person wearing a hat and coat walks along a quiet park path on a calm blue night, illuminated by the soft yellow-green glow of a nearby streetlamp. The scene is peaceful and serene—or would be, if it weren't for the fact that the rightmost edge of the path ends in oblivion, the ground dropping away to nothingness revealing a sheer cliff. Looming out of the blue fog ahead is a vast, dark figure the size of an apartment building. While blurry, the figure seems to be wearing a coat and has two pale, glowing eyes. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/01/02

January 2, 2026
A bizarre stack of ramshackle boxes assembled into a single building. There are three, each the size of a small shed, haphazardly bolted onto each other in a staggered pattern. All are a dark, tarnished indigo color. Each is held upright by rickety support, and some are connected by rusty pipes. The top one has a pointed roof, a crooked rusty chimney, and a rusty yellow warning sign fixed to it. The base one has an orange triangular warning icon on it. The middle one has a small room with a greenish window. The whole calamitous arrangement stands against a green-yellow sky. There are no signs of life, likely for a reason. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2026/01/01

January 1, 2026
Deep space. In the immediate foreground, on the left, is a red, rocky planet with visible craters, a white glow on the horizon. Still close but farther back is a blue-green planet with a rough surface texture and a few slight lines. Streaking between them is a rocket ship that looks like little more than a red bullet with a blazing white glow and rainbow-ish contrails that start yellow and trail off into blue. The rocket is headed towards a purplish nebula region. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/12/31

December 31, 2025
A drab, rocky cliff juts into blue nothingness. The foot of the cliff is hidden in mist, and is probably a lot farther down than it appears. Planted in the edge of the cliff, aimed into the sky at a sharp 45° angle, is a giant firework rocket: the stereotypical arrow-shaped cylinder on a stick, red with a few yellow stars printed on it, fuse dangling below. Marching up the stick towards the explosive as though it's a boarding ladder to a rocket is a small figure carrying two suitcases. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman". Happy New Year's, all. Make it count.

2025/12/30

December 30, 2025
A huge, flaming boulder with a smiley face carved into it hovers in a dark, hellish space. The boulder is covered in soft orange flames, and is lit yellow by the inferno below it. Above it is a small orange halo. Standing in the orange and yellow flames is a demonic horned figure, arms up, who appears to be summoning or controlling the boulder. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/12/29

December 29, 2025
An old-time cathode-ray-tube TV is balanced precariously on a very thin, narrow mountain peak. That is, it would be balanced precariously if it weren't held in place by a multitude of supports, pipes, tubes, and even wires. The mountain is a dull purplish rock, although some of the pipes have a greenish sheen. The screen of the TV shows an iridescent blue-green color, with no discernible image or pattern. The sky is yellow-gold, with a blazing white sun in the top right. A few birds are visible in the distance. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2025/12/28

December 28, 2025
A desolate, barren, gray desert stretches away under a deep indigo night sky that, despite the color, still appears overcast. In the foreground is what looks like an open manhole, the interior glowing green. Planted next to the hole is a triangular warning sign with a question mark. On the foggy horizon is a house with two windows glowing a dull green, and a small light. Beyond the house is a blurry mountain. Above both, filtering down through the clouds, are two blazing greenish-white lights. The painting is signed “Chris Silverman”.

2025/12/27

December 27, 2025
A rather grim and dilapidated structure that suggests Big Ben stands against a blue, pink-tinged sky. The structure is a tall tower with a rusty, patched-together metal base. On the base is a large analog clock face with glowing green digital numerals and hands. The clock looks like a digital clock with an analog face, and is displaying 9:41. The clock is also made of rusty metal, with a few odd controls on the front and side, including a hand crank. The very top of the tower is a small wooden shack with a pointed roof that is perched on top of the clock. The shack is painted a fading red, with a few graffiti tags. Sticking out of the roof are a chimney and some antennae. The front of the shack is dominated by a large arched yellow window. Standing in the window is the silhouette of a figure. The painting is signed “Chris Silverman”.

2025/12/26

December 26, 2025
A barren, flat expanse under a red-orange sunset sky. There is a glow of yellow light around the horizon. In the foreground, a person stands in front of a large metal box mounted on a pole, like an electrical box or a traffic light control box. Sticking out of the top of the box is a rall, complex mast that has boxes and antennae mounted on it. The door to the box is open, revealing a glowing green interior. The person is reaching into the box, doing something unclear. There is a windup clock key sticking out of the person’s back. The painting is signed “Chris Silverman”.

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".

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