Krylon Interior / Exterior Enamel, Harvest Gold, early 1980s: formerly owned by Lady Pink

Graffiti writers are highly knowledgeable about all varieties of spray paint.  A paint's color and thickness and the pressure of the spray can are all important considerations for the writer.   Known for its selection of bright colors, Krylon was among the preferred brands of paint through the 1980s.  This can of early 1980s Harvest Gold was owned by Lady Pink, who describes Krylon as “the workhorse of the 1980s.” Street art and graffiti hold cultural significance in the way they help artists express their individuality and critique political, cultural, social, and economic issues, as a subculture with a message.

Lady Pink (Sandra Fabara, b. 1964), is an Ecuadorian-American graffiti and mural artist. Her career focused on using graffiti and murals as acts of rebellion, empowering women and self-expression. Lady Pink’s name was chosen for her aesthetics because the name “Pink” is feminine and she wanted other artists to know that she was a girl. She started calling herself Lady Pink because of her love of historical romances, England, the Victorian period, and the aristocracy. Lady Pink was nicknamed the "first lady of graffiti," because she was one of the first active women in the early 1980s New York City subway graffiti subculture.