'I started painting after sepsis and cancer - now I'm viral on TikTok and have sold works to Spike Lee'
When Kevin Overman started painting life-sized portraits of basketball players, even he thought his hobby was 'a bit ridiculous'.
"I found life impossible afterwards," he told the Manchester Evening News. "It was like it took away my ability to cope with the world. I was very sensitive to everything - I struggled to sit at the table and have dinner with my own family." But it was also the 'ridiculousness' of the challenge that attracted him to it. "After I'd done a couple, I wanted to paint one guy who was seven foot seven," he laughed. "Can you imagine trying to fit that inside your home?"
Realising he had established a following for himself, Kevin put together a catalogue of his art and sent it out to around 50 collectors. From most, there was radio silence. But one night, he got a call. Not long after, former NBA star Dominique Wilkins contacted Kevin and asked if he could buy his own portrait. "It has been quite mad," the artist admitted. "I just feel really lucky. I love doing it."
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