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About the Artist
Laura Chatterton joined the Unification Church in California in 1976. She was matched and married in a mass wedding
ceremony of 2,075 couples. One of her missions was to edit Reverend Moon’s speeches and other church publications. Her
main mission, the mission of all the members, was to have babies. This her couple was not able to do. After years of therapy,
a vision quest, and a series of deep spiritual awakenings, she left her husband, and the church, in 1998. She has since
devoted her life to painting, drawing, and writing about her experiences. Laura’s visual artwork has appeared in the following
exhibits: Absolutely Art (Madison, WI, 2006) Green Lantern Gallery (Mineral Point, WI, 2009) and, along with her literary
work, numerous Phoenix Project exhibits at ICSA conferences, including Montreal, Stockholm, Dallas, and Poland. n
Portrait of the Artist As a New Guinea Tribesman:
A drawing I did from a photograph of a New Guinea
tribesman. I was simply trying to do an exact copy
of it, but many people say I unconsciously made
the face look more feminine, and more like my own,
particularly the eyes. I don’t know how to describe
this facial expression, but when I did a show a few
years ago, the gallery owner used this drawing as
the main one to draw people into the show, saying
it depicted my soul. She was the one who made
me title it “Portrait of the Artist As a New Guinea
Tribesman.”
About the Artist
Laura Chatterton joined the Unification Church in California in 1976. She was matched and married in a mass wedding
ceremony of 2,075 couples. One of her missions was to edit Reverend Moon’s speeches and other church publications. Her
main mission, the mission of all the members, was to have babies. This her couple was not able to do. After years of therapy,
a vision quest, and a series of deep spiritual awakenings, she left her husband, and the church, in 1998. She has since
devoted her life to painting, drawing, and writing about her experiences. Laura’s visual artwork has appeared in the following
exhibits: Absolutely Art (Madison, WI, 2006) Green Lantern Gallery (Mineral Point, WI, 2009) and, along with her literary
work, numerous Phoenix Project exhibits at ICSA conferences, including Montreal, Stockholm, Dallas, and Poland. n
Portrait of the Artist As a New Guinea Tribesman:
A drawing I did from a photograph of a New Guinea
tribesman. I was simply trying to do an exact copy
of it, but many people say I unconsciously made
the face look more feminine, and more like my own,
particularly the eyes. I don’t know how to describe
this facial expression, but when I did a show a few
years ago, the gallery owner used this drawing as
the main one to draw people into the show, saying
it depicted my soul. She was the one who made
me title it “Portrait of the Artist As a New Guinea
Tribesman.”
