By Daily Press staff
Internationally renowned fine artist, Susan Manders, has donated her original U.S. Olympic Team – Athens 2004 painting “All Eyes on Me,” oil on canvas, to St. Joseph Center in Venice, in order to benefit the more than 7,000 homeless and low-income men, women and children the center aids toward self-sufficiency each year.
“I felt an obligation to capture in my painting the most important element of the Olympic message,” said Manders, when chosen to be the official United States Olympic Artist. “That is the lifelong responsibility these winning athletes assume to live like champions. Now, I hope my painting can inspire others to live like champions.”
With her works archived in the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., Manders’ pieces bring $40,000 and up. Funds collected from the sale of the Olympics painting will help support St. Joseph Center’s 10 programs for homeless and low-income individuals and families on the Westside, providing emergency services, food distributions, child care, mentoring, job training and senior services.
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Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 23, 2005. Read the original PDF.