About the Artist: Eamon White is a Portland, Maine based artist and graduate of Merrimack College with a degree in digital design. Inspired and taught in painting by his grandmother since childhood, art has become a way for Eamon to encourage people to think about what is happening in our world and highlight social issues in a way aimed at inspiring unity and togetherness. Eamon’s art takes many forms including graphic design and customized hand painted shoes and athletic footwear. In addition to being an artist, Eamon enjoys his work as an educator, coach, and youth advocate in his home state.

About the Patch: This patch is a combination between the Adinkra Symbols: Wawa Aba and Mmere Dane. Wawa Aba means “seed of the wawa (tree),”. Wawa Aba is known for its hardiness and symbolizes strength, toughness, endurance, and durability. Mmere Dane, the symbol meaning "time changes", represents the transient nature of all things and the constantly evolving nature of luck or fortune.

The combination of these symbolize to not take for granted love and the time we have on this earth. Change is inevitable and where change can be hard it’s something that we need to face head on and persevere through. All elements are embeded in the design of a butterfly, a symbol of transformation/change.