by M F | Dec 20, 2022 | Press & Articles
A self-confessed career criminal from Leeds who taught himself to paint while serving one of numerous prison sentences for drugs offences is now a full time artist whose work has featured in exhibitions across the UK. Kevin Devonport, who grew up in Swarcliffe and...
by M F | Dec 20, 2022 | Press & Articles
A criminal who wracked up jail sentences totalling 24 years after a number of drug-related offences has managed to turn his life around. Introduced to the art of painting while behind bars, 49-year-old Kevin Devenport is now an established and professional artist....
by M F | Jul 15, 2022 | Essays
On the meaning of the knuckledusters! – Knuckledusters being a signature of Devonport’s transition from Criminal to Artist, it pays to drill deeper into his biography in order to be rewarded by a clarity of meaning void of pre-conceptions: It pays to know that...
