Kyle Steed

Instagram: @kylesteed

Kyle Steed is a hand-drawn artist living and working in Dallas, Texas. His work ranges from large scale murals to small doodles on paper. He has worked with clients of all sizes from small start-ups and non-profits to larger corporate clients such as Walgreens, Mercedes and PayPal.

“My work, much like my life, is a slow progression over time of learning how to deal with change and more importantly how to embrace my feelings of change,” said Kyle “But what I’ve learned, or at least think I’m learning, is how not all change is equal. There are external forces that cause us to change without our consent, and there are decisions we make because we willfully welcome the change. And neither one is able to be judged right or wrong, good or bad, but simply accepted.

“Like the small suburban subculture in which I was raised, my work is simple in nature. I hold on to the values which were instilled in me from a young age and feel I’m always trying to rekindle the kid in me. But like the shedding of old skin, there is a lot I have to let go of in order to get there. My process looks more like a hot mess of mistakes and accidents than one smooth line. To trust your gut and go with a feeling requires years of experience and the testing of one’s soul. Getting over yourself is hard work.”