James’ art won plaudits for their incredible level of detail (Picture: JG Van Art/Deadline News)

These incredible works of art are slightly more impressive than scrawling ‘I’m dirty’ in the grime on the back of a van.

An artist is making van owners never want to wash their motors again – because he’s drawing amazingly detailed images using the dirt on the vehicle.

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The work by James Gibson, which includes portraits of boxers Anthony Joshua and David Haye and Spurs striker Harry Kane, has seen him labelled ‘the Banksy of the van world’ for the detail in his images.

But arguably his most impressive piece is a near immaculate recreation of a famous First World War image.

You may have seen the picture of soldiers going over the top at the Battle of the Somme – but you’ve never seen it like this.

The image has received praise from across the world on Facebook (Picture: JG Van Art/Deadline News)

The original is a famous photograph (Picture: Getty)

Passers by have begun spotting the artworks completed by James, who lives in Colchester, Essex.

Dean Rayner spotted the Somme drawing and uploaded a photo on Facebook.

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He wrote: ‘This van is parked down Silver Street. Whoever did this has one hell of a talent. You my friend deserve a round of applause.’

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The post has been shared nearly 58,000 times and liked 21,000 times.

But it’s far from the only one that has caught the eye in Essex…

Harry Kane

The England footballer was recreated on the back of a van (Picture: JG Van Art/Deadline News)

Pennywise

The freaky clown was drawn in dirt on a van (Picture: JG Van Art/Deadline News)

David Haye

David Haye was also given the dirty van treatment (Picture: JG Van Art/Deadline News)

Anthony Joshua