<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Happy Little Nightmares]]></title><description><![CDATA[Art for the cheerful monster enthusiast.]]></description><link>https://www.happylittlenightmares.art/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:51:13 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.happylittlenightmares.art/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A Dragon's Hoard of Shapes: The Making of “Resting Place”]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was in the middle of writing something else when I got the news that “Resting Place” has been selected for inclusion into Infected By Art Vol 14 * . This is the first time my work has made it in and I’m over the moon about it. So let’s take a look at how this painting got made. I’m fascinated by people’s collections of things that “might come in handy later.” There’s a certain type of person who saves every spare cable they’ve ever received. Some people have a junk drawer of every allen...]]></description><link>https://www.happylittlenightmares.art/post/a-dragon-s-hoard-of-shapes-the-making-of-resting-place</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a77267ffff75773eb7c31d</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:47:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4af61e_00470f3c65a84e0684b573bb3300aa93~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Halloran Parry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Racing Lemons and Building Icebergs]]></title><description><![CDATA["Season of Emergence", 2025. I've been thinking a lot about growth this month First of all, Happy New Year! Now, onto the good stuff. First of all, I promised I’d share the recipe for the Dragon’s Breath tea I served at my open studio event. It’s my new favorite cold remedy. These quantities are all extremely approximate and should be adjusted to taste. Dragon's Breath Tea (serves 1) 2 tablespoons juiced ginger* 2 tablespoons honey 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1 drop liquid smoke** 12 oz...]]></description><link>https://www.happylittlenightmares.art/post/racing-lemons-and-building-icebergs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6972a49516ee2e05645739a4</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:35:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4af61e_dd2b6622143b4cfeb573329a1fbca895~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Halloran Parry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let’s See AI Blow Its Nose]]></title><description><![CDATA[Upcoming Events First Friday at Manna Gallery My work is hanging at Manna Gallery until December 13, and I’ll be celebrating First Friday in person.  Friday, Dec 5, 5-8 pm Manna Gallery 473 25th St  Oakland CA 94612 East Bay Open Studios Sat-Sun Dec 6-7, 11 am-5 pm 2908 Chapman St Oakland, CA 94601 Let’s See AI Blow Its Nose I've been thinking a lot about how humans matter , and how sick I am of AI slop. Humanity is glorious in all its gritty, wonderful detail. Every time I leave the house I...]]></description><link>https://www.happylittlenightmares.art/post/let-s-see-ai-blow-its-nose</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692a2658cb45ab7844df347d</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 17:32:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4af61e_b0ee2d6a4116477c87e2232118e4dd7b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Halloran Parry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wrapped Up]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the midst of all the IX prep in the last few months (hello, IX visitors!) I also had the honor of being asked to apply to Manna Gallery ’s  Wrapped Up  show. On the one hand, I was neck-deep in reinventing my approach to painting from the ground up and already overcommitted. On the other hand, this would be my first gallery show. So I applied and got accepted! Fine art is allowed to be more conceptual and less direct than commercial narrative illustration. The work I’ve been doing for IX...]]></description><link>https://www.happylittlenightmares.art/post/wrapped-up</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69110e911baa491de1883281</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:52:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4af61e_2c7e4e7c4707436784c1e77d7999c465~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Halloran Parry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[IT'S GO TIME]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm headed off to IlluxCon's Evening Showcase: Oct 24 and 25, 8pm-midnight at the Hilton Doubletree in Reading, PA. Two months ago I threw out my entire art process and started over from the ground up. I bought ten illustration boards and covered them all in paint. I’m bringing my best five to IlluxCon  (at the time of this writing, I leave in less than 48 hours). I’ll write up something more detailed in the next month or two, but for now, please enjoy a sneak peek at my newest work. I’m...]]></description><link>https://www.happylittlenightmares.art/post/it-s-go-time</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68f79ee33676c750f3a155b2</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 15:01:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/77d639_f52c086ae0444e2ea47f6b399c0ea715~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_796,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Halloran Parry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ready, Set, Paint!]]></title><description><![CDATA[First, the upcoming events: IlluxCon !  I look forward to this event all year. I will once again be in the evening showcase, and I will...]]></description><link>https://www.happylittlenightmares.art/post/ready-set-paint</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68da9d65d3b5c27c520255d1</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:02:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/77d639_e7d62c0549954c179c0cb6c558d70c2f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Halloran Parry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boldly Going Where Absolutely Everyone Has Gone Before]]></title><description><![CDATA[Upcoming Events:  IlluxCon !  I look forward to this event all year. I will once again be in the evening showcase and I will once again...]]></description><link>https://www.happylittlenightmares.art/post/boldly-going-where-absolutely-everyone-has-gone-before</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68b2201f574c0242291451b4</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 21:52:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/77d639_b32fe1f4fa2e46b08696abe76a830585~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Halloran Parry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Taste]]></title><description><![CDATA[You ever just wake up one day and realize you’re carrying around twenty years of psychic dead weight for no reason? I used to do a...]]></description><link>https://www.happylittlenightmares.art/post/on-taste</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6887d4a2594e3699b61792af</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 20:14:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/77d639_1e40eb76b0924b3da464867c16f4c7d9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Halloran Parry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hero's Journey]]></title><description><![CDATA[One hundred artists. One DJ. One day only. " Attention art enthusiasts, supporters, collectors, curators, and creators!  Please join the...]]></description><link>https://www.happylittlenightmares.art/post/hero-s-journey</link><guid isPermaLink="false">686bf7f51bc03f082bfb5b5a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 18:46:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/77d639_c5878c2290e84f7ba606f16e072dd7b2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_540,h_494,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Halloran Parry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Expectations vs (Sur)Reality]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s a meme now. We do something because we expect a certain result and when we don’t get that result, we’re disappointed. This, I think,...]]></description><link>https://www.happylittlenightmares.art/post/expectations-vs-sur-reality</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68311acd905d5dd1ac0c2cd2</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2025 01:05:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/77d639_edf5e754c5f84a62b15da74e9d349a9e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Halloran Parry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come See The Studio!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chapman Street Studios will participate in its first  East Bay Open Studios this year. We're a new studio, just opened, and we're excited...]]></description><link>https://www.happylittlenightmares.art/post/east-bay-open-studios</link><guid isPermaLink="false">680d035e6cf661ce98204718</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2025 16:21:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/77d639_6e65151ce60042e99ea6e02d3d986987~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Halloran Parry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Artist vs The Outside: Plein Air Week]]></title><description><![CDATA[Want to receive these posts in your email? Subscribe to my mailing list at the bottom of the page. Me, contemplating lugging all my...]]></description><link>https://www.happylittlenightmares.art/post/artist-vs-the-outside-plein-air-week</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67fe9916d2b5eeef5fc96931</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2025 17:38:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/77d639_060619ba794b485b873af778ff7d8c0f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Halloran Parry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daily Practice, or, The Myth of Good Enough]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's a particular type of brain rot that afflicts creatives, especially aspiring creatives: those people whose ambition vastly exceed...]]></description><link>https://www.happylittlenightmares.art/post/daily-practice-or-the-myth-of-good-enough</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67be5376ae4be7e3155f4642</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 19:01:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/77d639_b3355bab4f7943928956f63c10a36596~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Halloran Parry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big Ideas: Scale]]></title><description><![CDATA[The first of my pieces for my collaboration with Mollie's Organics. The newsletter is taking a turn this year. Definitely for the longer,...]]></description><link>https://www.happylittlenightmares.art/post/big-ideas-scale</link><guid isPermaLink="false">679927a54b4f21d5ea0e3216</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2025 19:26:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/77d639_6977de1e11c84579a980a0c262111d6c~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Halloran Parry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[IlluxCon Wrap Up and First Six Months Video]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well, IX ended ::checks calendar:: a month ago  so it's high time to welcome all the new folks to the list and tell the rest of you...]]></description><link>https://www.happylittlenightmares.art/post/illuxcon-wrap-up-and-first-six-months-video</link><guid isPermaLink="false">674e1a94cf5a0840716b12e7</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 19:08:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/77d639_66324d2487f24c64ba22d0843c524b70~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Halloran Parry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Come See My Newest Work - Pygmalion II]]></title><description><![CDATA["Pygmalion II" will be on display for the first time at our October 5 show at JAS . The thing about myths is people tell the same series...]]></description><link>https://www.happylittlenightmares.art/post/come-see-my-newest-work-pygmalion-ii</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66df0af2aa5ca478b114d9d7</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 18:35:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/77d639_932757c6d12348108b1837a8f2c9ed49~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Halloran Parry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[RSVP For The October Art Show! It's Skull Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[Renée di Cherri and I are headlining the October JAS Art Show and we're bringing the skull art! It's Fall, it's spooky season, and we're...]]></description><link>https://www.happylittlenightmares.art/post/october-open-studios-it-s-skull-time</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66dc7a8a8b072cca0df21349</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2024 16:12:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/77d639_cafd88e920394cdf86dbebeea74e41c7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_972,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Halloran Parry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[August Open Studio with Special Guest! August 10, 1-6pm]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's summer and it's time for the studios to reopen. This time I'll be teaming up with my good friend and fellow illustrator Reneé Di...]]></description><link>https://www.happylittlenightmares.art/post/august-open-studio-with-special-guest-august-10-1-6pm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">669d438ae86da678f6e80193</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2024 00:18:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/77d639_69d1a19a6ba14e5cb8b08da871f40d4b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_880,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Halloran Parry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jingletown Art Walk]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello art and music lovers! You're invited to a special, FREE event Saturday, April 6 from 1 to 5 pm: Jingletown Art Walk. Jingletown Art...]]></description><link>https://www.happylittlenightmares.art/post/jingletown-art-walk</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66005e249c52fc7f4779a186</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2024 22:07:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/77d639_7bb1b4b85f2f4b5fab25e57cef82fe1c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_960,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Halloran Parry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Garden Variety Conspiracies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some years ago the better half and I bought a house. It came with a front yard, half of which was lawn and the other half hastily dumped...]]></description><link>https://www.happylittlenightmares.art/post/garden-variety-conspiracies</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65e88bcc5e1f10e3c90d614a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:59:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/77d639_2ad538f2580f4037b06bce2c3a05a05e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_398,h_244,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Halloran Parry</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>