Darrell Mayabb, one of America’s most talented and respected automotive artists, teamed up with PPG to create one-of-a-kind pieces for PPG Automotive Refinish. Mayabb has been designing and illustrating the PPG car posters for years. Since 2007, he also has created the annual PPG calendars. The pieces are sought out by auto buffs who prize Mayabb’s timeless artwork.

Mayabb’s work is in demand by car magazines, racers and hot rod aficionados around the world, and his talent has earned him a place in the National Rod & Custom Car Hall of Fame.

While Mayabb’s association with PPG began in 1996, the coatings company asked him in 2007 to channel his talents into the annual calendar; it became a highly popular car calendar.

As a young man in the 1950s, Mayabb was influenced by the big names of hot rod design: “Big Daddy” Ed Roth and Tom Medley, creator of the “Stroker McGurk” cartoon character series in Hot Rod. This led him to develop his artistic style known for its color, line and cartoon qualities. He attended the Central Academy of Art in Cincinnati and graduated at the top of his class in design. Early in his career, he was the illustrator on the NASA Apollo project. He also has designed cars for NASCAR race team owner Joe Gibbs, and painted a portrait of Dale Earnhardt for Chevrolet. In 1999, his industry peers awarded him the Stroker McGurk Award for outstanding work. Today, Mayabb lives in Colorado, where he works in a barn he converted into his studio.