Painter, trickster, social critic, and controversial public performance artist, The Reverend Steven Johnson Leyba is a folk hero, loved and hated by many. Adam Cooper-Teran’s PAINing POORtraits follows Leyba as he reclaims and re-invents his work, giving friends and muses alike the opportunity to destroy his paintings. In his examination of Destruction, Transformation, Reclamation, and Rebirth, Leyba takes on various enemies, from ex-lovers to the Monsanto Corporation, even himself as the Hero and Fool.