Artist:	Paul Botello
Title:	Inner Resources
Date:	2000
District:	First Supervisorial District
Location:	City Terrace Park 1126 N. Hazard Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90063
Department:	Parks and Recreation

Through the Los Angeles County Probation Department artist Paul Botello worked with at-risk youth to produce a monumental mural for the exterior of the City Terrace Park gymnasium. Spanning almost 30' h x 50' w this mural references Latin American culture and history through a variety of complex symbols and diverse themes.

For the park, which is in a residential area, Botello wanted to create a peaceful mural that was "about the veneration of life." Inner Resources revolves around the central figure of a Mexican Indian goddess from whom life and bounty flows. She is surrounded by people planting, harvesting, and celebrating. In a section to the viewer’s right, a mother lovingly guides her daughter out the front door into the larger world outside.

See Paul Botello, Ruben F. Salazar Park

About the Artist: Paul Botello was introduced to mural painting at an early age by his older brother David, a fellow muralist. Born and raised in East Los Angeles, Botello went on to receive his BFA and MFA from California State University, Los Angeles in addition to a certification in industrial drafting and computer-aided design. In 1994 Botello collaborated with Eva Cockcroft on a mural in Berlin, Germany entitled Global Chessboard. Besides adorning buildings throughout East Los Angeles and southern California, his works are held in the permanent collections of the Hammer Museum and the Laguna Art Museum.