Oil paintings go viral with worldwide appreciation

A Wincanton artist has gone viral after revealing her highly unusual artistic medium: she paints portraits of cars and aircraft using the actual engine oil taken from the vehicles themselves.

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The unique work, created by artist and pilot Amy Whitewick (artist name T D Centaur), was shared on the Facebook group The Dull Men's Club, where it instantly captured global attention — receiving over 11,000 likes, nearly 500 shares, and triggering a flood of international enquiries from car and aviation enthusiasts, particularly across the United States.

She said: “Each painting contains the lifeblood of the machine.