The 'Petrol Painter' Takes Oil Painting to a New Level

Oil painting will never be the same after one innovative artist began using real petrol to create unique works of art. Known as the petrol painter, St. Petersburg, Russia based artist Vitaly Kasatkin is the first and only professional painter to use petrol in his work. Kasatkin opened the world’s first petrol painting school in Russia’s Komi Republic and is now teaching young students how to dip their brush into stinky petrol and let their imagination to run free.