His hand-made fine art books which can weigh up to seventy pounds consist of bound pages of paintings on canvas.
His public performances consist of spoken word rants, cutting, piercing and extreme acts of degradation and sadomasochism.
The performance resulted in national media attention [4][5] including the front page of The New York Times,[6] references in scholarly articles,[7] and public debate.
In 2002, he was the subject of the film documentary Unspeakable:The Life & Art of Reverend Steven Johnson Leyba,[8] by Marc Rokoff.
Leyba’s first book Coyote, Satan, Amerika was published by Last Gasp in 2001 and featured reviews of his work by William S. Burroughs, H.R.
In 2009 Coyotel Press published his fine art book, Sexpressionist Portraits, and a collaboration with Dave Archer, Steve Hapy, and Will Taylor, The Trickster’s Bible.