NyseOne's Storytime

1984. “Peace” My bedroom. Ozone... Earlier that year I had hit my first spray paint tag. I wrote “Stingray,” with a can of Standard Brands Black in the cafeteria at Parkman Junior High. I also painted the sidewalk at the...

This is a small tribute to a few people that have been a part of our graffiti community for a long time. This is the alternate cover of While You Were Sleeping, number 11. I’m pretty sure it was published...

This is the first piece I had painted after a six year hiatus. It was commissioned by someone in the Hollywood Hills that worked for the Obama Campaign, for the entry way of his mid-century style house. They wanted a...

“No Swimming” 1994I don’t remember who hooked this wall up. It was on the side of a pizza joint just off of Mission Boulevard in Pacific Beach. I rarely paint characters, but it seemed like the right size for something...

In 2005, I opened C.R.E.A.M cafe in San Diego. Originally I considered calling it “Mad Society Kafe” (MSK being the initials of my affiliate graffiti crew) but liked the acronym for “Coffee Rules Everything Around Me” and of course the...

Tyke, 1996 Nyse’s Electric Shop Yard, UCSDA nice, compact, burner...Over the years, I was lucky enough, persistent enough (relentless), and convincing enough to actually make a few walls and yards legal. This was the 5th one I made happen, the...

“Use the Pump” 1988 NYSE (aka Crest) Shoup Drainage Wash. I started this yard when I was Ozone, in 1986. Although I wrote Ozone through 1988, I had a few other names at that time that I occasionally painted it...

THE FIRST WALL I LEGALIZED. PART I Ferburary 4th, 2021 Here’s how it happened:I got my first car in 1986. It was a Mazda323. First thing I did was tint the windows limo-black. Second thing I did was heat the...