I was a graffiti writer. I started tagging, or illegally writing my name — Cisco CBS — on surfaces across Los Angeles in the early 1990s. At the time, local governments were cracking down on ...

“Street art and graffiti tend to be categorized differently ... finish her piece with about a dozen cans. “My design was my name breaking free from a few personal battles I’ve faced over ...

Graffiti writers are territorial, and if graffiti is not removed right away it can attract others, he explained. “If am going to write my name on the wall, you come see mine and now you have got ...

For a few years in the early 1980s, I made my name as a graffiti artist, painting on the New York subways. But since then, I have been working on commission instead, making a living as an artist ...

Graffiti costs the city of Seattle and property ... went out of business or that were freshly out of business, so that my name will go up there, it’s a main intersection, everyone’s going ...

It was there in the 1960s legendary graffiti writer Darryl McCray wrought havoc on a ... “They could never get rid of my name, no matter how many times they buffed it.” During the late 1960s to the ...

That was the beginning of his now full-time career: making artwork and jewelry under the name Graffiti Bridge. "It takes me about four to six months to figure out how to process it. I made my ...

Graffiti has become a part of Seattle ... Erik Lacitis at elacitis@seattletimes.com by Tuesday, Sept. 7. Include your name and phone number (not for publication).

OYE (Open Your Eyes) And now READ’s creations ... “Even as a fine artist, I still consider myself a (graffiti) writer first.” “First-Name Basis,” an exhibit of works by the renowned ...