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GRAND CANAL

by Breeze1

Beginning around 2000 bc Southern Arizona was home to the agricultural civilzation of the Huhugam (Hohokam) peoples. The Salt and Gila Rivers that once flowed through the land around modern day Phoenix were critical to survival and from those the Hohokam engineered the largest and most sophisticated irrigation system in the Americas—hand digging more than 1,000 miles of canals over as much as 110,000 acres. Invited to paint this mural on the side of Joe's Diner next to Phoenix's Grand Canal, Thomas "Breeze" Marcus used a water theme to serve as a tribute and reminder of the area's Akimel O’odham (River People) and those that came before.

LOCATION: 4515 N 7th Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85013

IG: @breeze1phx

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CALLE 16 ARTS DISTRICT

by Breeze and Dwayno Insano

Thomas Marcus, aka Breeze, was introduced to graffiti at 13 and has been painting graffiti around Phoenix since the early ‘90s. While he continues to write Breeze has spent the years since developing his art, painting permissioned murals and dedicating himself to art programs and projects for the youth of his community. Breeze says his designs recall the beautiful interwoven geometric designs of the coil-woven baskets of the Akimel and Tohono O’odham people. On’k Akimel Oʼodham artist Dwayne Manuel, aka Dwayno Insano, has an MFA in fine art from University of Arizona and teaches art at the Tohono O’odham Community College. In 2016 the two colleagues from the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community, just east of Scottsdale, collaborated on this mural on N 16th St in Phoenix, adjacent to @TheBarrioCafe, the driving force behind Phoenix’s @Calle16PHX Arts District.  @breeze1phx/  @dwaynethedestroyer/

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February 20, 2018

THE CONTAINER YARD

by Breeze

A native of the nearby Salt River Reservation, Phoenix artist Thomas “Breeze” Marcus told @VisitPhoenix that his goal as a descendant of the original people of the valley is to carry on the thousands-of-years-old legacy still visible on the petroglyphs of South Mountain. Every time he paints a wall it’s about “keeping that connection from the past to the present leading into the future.” While he told PHX Mural Art that as a full-time artist he no longer considers himself a graffiti writer, Breeze has an ongoing deep appreciation for graffiti going back to discovering it at age 13, and his intricate woven abstract patterns today still rely on graffiti letter structures. In 2017 Breeze was in the Arts District of Los Angeles and painted this wall at The Container Yard on Colyton St for the Fresh Coat Mural Festival.  @breeze1phx  @thecontaineryard