EF + HAZEL EYES STUDIO

eyeformation — Wed, 01 May 2013 22:42:24 +0000

Collaboration with Michael Crockett of Hazel Eyes Studio.

REALLY ROTTEN + EF

eyeformation — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:06:10 +0000

This is my “Really Rotten + EF” painting for the Hanna-Barbarians show at My Plastic Heart in NYC. 16″x20″ Acrylic on Canvas. Show is up until the 17th of May. Here’s some photos of the opening Night.

RETRO SERIES

eyeformation — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:55:06 +0000

The first installment of the “RETRO SERIES” paintings are now available for sale. These are 8″x10″ acrylic and spray paint on canvas. Get yours for only $50.00 ea. with FREE SHIPPING in the USA. Check them out here: New! Paintings

Hanna-Barbarians

eyeformation — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:34:53 +0000

On April 19 myplasticheart will celebrate the opening of Hanna-Barbarians, a group show featuring the work of over 20 artists from the U.S. and abroad. The show’s name is a tongue-in-cheek reference to its theme, with all artists creating pieces using elements from their favorite cartoons. This is a chance for these artists to showcase those cartoons that have influenced them throughout their careers, sometimes being critical elements in their development and interest in the arts. The show is curated by the Studio Miners, Evoker & Team Sweet, who find joy in documenting the wonderfully exciting world of artists, collectors and creatives of all kinds. This theme particularly appealed to the Studio Miners because in their travels and studio visits, they were always fascinated to see what imagery other artists surrounded themselves with to stimulate creativity.

The opening will take place on Friday, April 19 from 6 – 9pm and the show will run until May 17.

Howl in Lowell interview

eyeformation — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:25:57 +0000

Read the interview I recently had with Tory Germann of Howl in Lowell. This is part of the ongoing series introducing Greater Lowell’s creative minds.

MAKING A MARK:EYEFORMATION

http://howlmag.com/index.php/arts/315-making-a-mark-eyeformation

Weekly Dig cover

eyeformation — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:57:54 +0000

Eyeformation illustrated cover for Boston’s Weekly Dig Newspaper.

Boston Phoenix profile

eyeformation — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:41:20 +0000

Everything is happy in Frank Casazza’s murals and graphics — cute cartoon clouds and cats, soft-serve ice cream and trees, airplanes and whales and . . . well, maybe not the skulls. As for everything else, it’s not just happy, it’s rainbows-shooting-out-of-your-eyes happy. And the smiles are infectious.

“It’s like my whole world of characters,” says the 41-year-old Lowell artist, who operates under the name Eyeformation. “I try to represent everything from our world in this ‘Eyeformation’ world. It’s this whole world of things. It’s almost like making everything into a character. Putting a smile and eyes onto a bone and all of a sudden it’s a new character.”

Inspirations come from skateboard graphics and graffiti he saw in the 1980s and ’90s growing up in Lowell. He does graphic design and has painted murals in Boston, Los Angeles, Belgium, and Shanghai. With help from his wife Ellen at Lowell’s Western Avenue Studios, he produces pillows, beer steins, resin toys, and soap bars featuring his shiny, happy people.

His flat, hard-edged graphics are easily mistaken for computer vector-drawn designs, which he does make. But much of his art is the work of a sure, free hand.

“A lot of what I do is kind of spontaneous in a sense. I don’t like to replicate my own work from my sketches,” he says. “I like to start just dropping characters.”

FRANK CASAZZA :: eyeformation.net

Space Coasters!

eyeformation — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:23:48 +0000

The first run of limited edition acrylic +EF+ Space Coasters are in. Available in the studio shop for first Saturday. Come by and check them out. Noon-5pm March 2nd. Studio A302

Color Ink Book Issue#17

eyeformation — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:12:15 +0000

Happy to be part of the Brothers Washburn’s “Color Ink Book” Issue#17.

Color Ink Book Volume Seventeen!!!!

Volume Number Seventeen:  Features covers by Gris Grimly and Steven Seeley!!! This volume features works by BEN SEARS, CHRIS MOSTYN, DAN BARRY, DAVID ROBINSON AKA ONE INKY MESS, EDWARD CORONEL, EYEFORMATION, FLAN – JAIME MUNOZ, GRIS GRIMLY, JASON BRUNSON, KEN GARDUNO, SHAWN COSS, STEVEN SEELEY and STITCHES & GLUE!!

+EF+ and Make it Labs

eyeformation — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:30:24 +0000

Have you ever been interested in seeing a 3D printer in action? If so, your in luck. On Saturday February 2nd “Make it Labs” of Nashua NH will have their Replicator II 3D printer up and running in the eyeformation studio. Come by between noon-5PM to learn about the capabilities of creating your very own 3D objects from Paul Hardin. Located in studio A302 at 122 Western Avenue Lowell, MA 01851.