New COLLABORATION with the Phoenix Mercury and Gila River Casinos:
This cup design represents the Akimel O’otham and Pee-Posh tribes of the Gila River Indian Community. The river pattern that wraps around the cup illustrates the lifeline flowing between the Salt and Gila Rivers that surround the valley. Also depicted is the Man in the Maze, symbolizing our journey and way of life. Through this lens, “ball is life.” We play with heart, and we play to win.
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Final Four statues paying homage to Arizona designed by local artist
NCAA committee members unveiled an iconic Arizona-themed basketball hoop Tuesday ahead of the 2024 Men's Final Four tournament.
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A look into my illustrations, thought process and past works. It all starts with an Idea, then with a sketch. - DSGN N MND
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Paul Molina, Gila River Indian Community,
District 7 (Pee Posh - Maricopa Colony)
Phoenix, AZ
I am Akimal O'otham, Pee Posh, Quechan, Pawnee, and Hispanic from the Gila River Indian Community located in Southern Arizona. I was raised in the Maricopa Colony (District 7) of the Gila River Indian Community and attended boarding school at Sherman Indian High School in Riverside, CA.
I studied graphic design and visual communications at Collins College in Tempe. I am a self-taught artist in a wide range of mediums: pencil, pen, watercolor, acrylic paint, aerosol paint, mixed media, etc. As a freelance illustrator and graphic designer, I enjoy creating content that represents people and cultures, that is visually moving and that evokes positive emotion in my work.
My artwork comes primarily from my Native American heritage background. Taking the Akimel O’otham and the Pee Posh tribes of the southwest and intertwining the two to tell my story from both sides of the fence and also expressing this hybrid in my artwork.
As an indigenous artist, I feel compelled to visually tell the story of my people from the Huhugam (those before us) and how they thrived off the land and rivers that once flourished throughout the valley of the Gila and Salt Rivers.
"In Circles" *(More about In Circles here)
District 7 (Pee Posh - Maricopa Colony)
Phoenix, AZ
I am Akimal O'otham, Pee Posh, Quechan, Pawnee, and Hispanic from the Gila River Indian Community located in Southern Arizona. I was raised in the Maricopa Colony (District 7) of the Gila River Indian Community and attended boarding school at Sherman Indian High School in Riverside, CA.
I studied graphic design and visual communications at Collins College in Tempe. I am a self-taught artist in a wide range of mediums: pencil, pen, watercolor, acrylic paint, aerosol paint, mixed media, etc. As a freelance illustrator and graphic designer, I enjoy creating content that represents people and cultures, that is visually moving and that evokes positive emotion in my work.
My artwork comes primarily from my Native American heritage background. Taking the Akimel O’otham and the Pee Posh tribes of the southwest and intertwining the two to tell my story from both sides of the fence and also expressing this hybrid in my artwork.
As an indigenous artist, I feel compelled to visually tell the story of my people from the Huhugam (those before us) and how they thrived off the land and rivers that once flourished throughout the valley of the Gila and Salt Rivers.
"In Circles" *(More about In Circles here)