About

Houston-born, Brooklyn-based mixed media artist Steven Trimble has honed his style since being involved in the street-art community in the late 90's.

My art exposes the absurdities of American culture—capitalism, consumerism, violence, social media toxicity—with irreverence for authority. 

Seen through the eyes of a would-be anti-conformist trapped by the daily grind, it illuminates the closeted rebellion of everyone who says “Fuck this shit!” in the middle of a workday, but still gets up the next day to do it all over again. 

Growing up near the industrial fringes of Houston, I channeled influences like VC Johnson, Cey Adams, and Basquiat, designing flyers for local bands and spray-painting silly things onto train cars to make my friends laugh. Today my artwork uses salvaged NYC street posters, spray paint, and complex stencils on custom wood panels, creating a universe where pop cartoon characters wield knives and homemade explosives. 

This universe is bombsupply, a manufacturing facility where these critters make instruments of anarchy and destruction. Like the bombsupply Molotov, made from glass and epoxy resin, the first piece in a product line from the fictional bombsupply universe. New products are coming, along with reality-bending mindfuck commercials and other media.

That’s what it’s about—turning closeted rebellion into bold, satirical art that creates a world to explore.

about my process...

I steal street posters. A lot. I steal them A LOT.

If you're in NYC and you see somebody with a roll of torn up posters strapped to their back crossing the Brooklyn bridge. Good chance thats me, trying not to die while hauling these on my bike. 

The core of my work comes from advertisements pulled from New York streets. Every background is a collection of playbills and ads, layered to give the piece a little bit of patina while driving home the theme of the work. 

When I first started painting, I tried canvas. The process of applying the paper warped the canvas, I ended up with art that would never be flush with a wall. I experimented with many different mediums. Ultimately I started building my own cradled wood panels. They are lightweight, and rigid enough to withstand everything that I put it through while creating my work.

If you're looking at a piece of art, and it's out of your price range. Reach out, it's often more important that I connect the right art with the right person than anything else. 

I love to talk about this, if you're so inclined drop me a line and let's catch up. I'm always responsive when I have a moment.