Duel: I was writing under another name I wasn't happy with from 84-86. I also ran with like 10 aliases. I basically wrote out the alphabet and circled all the letters I liked and came up with the name based on flexibility.Omnigraff: Duel, how did that name come about?
Omnigraff:How long have you been active in the graff game?
Duel: Thirty one years total as of next month (October).
Omnigraff:How has RIS been family to you?
Duel: They've been great. We like family. It's a small crew and everyone is super tight.
Omnigraff:What part about your mother's painting sparked your interest in art?
Duel: My mother was an art teacher. She rocked with oil paints. She made me practice still life drawings a lot when I was real young. I'll admit, I wasn't feeling it. I loved what my moms was doing but I think it was for me. I wasn't into graffiti either. It just happened. Ha. It wasn't till I was much older till I really started to really appreciate my mother's art and other art forms. That's when I went to college, I started taking art classes. I learned a few things but I wasn't really focused. It wasn't until a few years ago I started taking it more seriously.
Omnigraff: New York City is filled with many spots, cutty and open, which would you say has been the craziest spot you have hit?
Duel: Craziest spot. Don't think any spot in particular was really too crazy. Maybe getting to a spot or a particular time a spot was hit might have been. Which led to chases that were crazy. Haha.
Omnigraff: Graffiti and Commercialization. Do you think that's a good combination?
Duel: I guess it's good. I think graffiti should be more accepted in the art world. But that might just be my thought process in my old age. Lol. I'm sure if I was a teen again I wouldn't care, I'd do it just to get up.
