The design itself was created by Veritas Founder/Designer Ty Clark (known in the Art world as SAMO4PREZ) from his original painting “She Remembers”. Veritas will be giving 15$ for every shirt sold towards their Gulf Coast clean up efforts.
The Story behind the Design:
The woman in the shirt is from the SAMO4PREZ original painting “She Remembers”, a piece based on a woman’s distant memories of tragedy. Paired with an ancient map of North America where the waters were once pure and untouched the design plays on tragedy and the memories of what once was (the waters before mans non-ability to keep them clean and protected). The latin text “Servo Aeequora” at the top translates “Protect the Waters”. Here is the original painting and the raw design. The original painting is available for purchase at: www.samo4prez.com
If you are interested in supporting them aside from purchasing the shirt, Austin and Sophia are raising funds for a half marathon that they will be running in on November 7, 2010 to support the Clean up efforts as well. Here are the links.
Sophia Bush: www.crowdrise.com/sophiabushAustin Nichols: www.crowdrise.com/austinnichols
Check the news out on Just Jared as well!http://justjared.buzznet.com/2010/08/24/austin-nichols-sophia-bush-protect-the-waters/