Artist Scott LoBaido: Victory from the Right to Hate

STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE
By Ben Johnson

"The Truth" A Portrait of Rev. Phelps

KANSAS - Staten Island artist Scott LoBaido brought some of his work to church yesterday, though the people at Westboro Baptist Church weren't keen to let him in. The intrepid Staten Islander, who is on a trip across the country with his paintbrushes this month, went to the Topeka, Kansas church yesterday -- an independent Baptist church infamous for its hate speech protests at U.S. Marine funerals -- to unveil a painting and have a little protest of his own. The artist finished a composition titled "The Truth (Welcome Home)," a portrait of the church's leader Fred W. Phelps Sr. wearing high heels and ladies underwear, sitting on the lap of Satan. Phelps' daughter Shirley Phelps-Roper was also in the painting.  [link]