Dirty white vans become works of art

You might think there's nothing attractive or impressive about a filthy white van.

We see them all the time and occasionally people scrawl the odd comment or smutty joke into the muck.

But a bus driver from East London has decided to do something different and transform the mess into a work of art.

Robert Burden wraps a pencil in tissue and then sketches iconic images in the dirt, with uncanny portraits of the likes of Queen, Led Zepplin and Bob Dylan – famed for hits such as Blowin' in the Wind and Mr Tambourine Man – among his most impressive works.

He tells the Sun: "People are often truly moved. It's making art out of dirt, something that's usually seen as bad. They're urban expressions from living and working in London."

With the number of mucky white vans on the country's roads, it seems Mr Burden will be provided with plenty more blank canvases for future projects.

Posted by Trevor Smith