Car Artist Darrel Mayabb
Teams Up With PPG For 2012 Calendar
Darrell Mayabb, one of America’s most talented and respected
automotive artists, has teamed up with PPG to create one-of-a-kind pieces for PPG Automotive Refinish. Mayabb has been
designing and illustrating PPG’s car posters for years. Since
2007, he has also been creating the annual PPG calendars. The
pieces are sought out by auto buffs who prize Mayabb’s artwork. The 2012 items will be available for purchase at the PPG
show truck during its scheduled show appearances throughout the coming year.
Mayabb has long been a hot commodity in the automotive
illustration field. His work is in demand by car magazines, racers and hot rod aficionados around the world. He is well known
for his unabashed love of cars, and his talent has earned him a
place in the National Rod & Custom Car Hall of Fame.
“We are fortunate to have such an amazing talent available
to us,” said Randy Cremeans, PPG marketing director, colli-
sion sector, refinish. “Darrell just gets better and better every
year, and we get more and more requests for his calendars. He
is a genuinely gifted artist who loves cars. I can’t think of a
better combination of qualities.”
Mayabb’s association with PPG began in 1996 when one of the
PPG regional managers noticed Mayabb’s illustration work in Rod
& Custom, Hot Rod, Street Rodder, and other major hot rod mag-
azines. He brought Mayabb together with PPG to generate ideas to
attract people to the company’s booth at National Street Rod As-
sociation shows. Mayabb successfully responded with colorful
drawings that drew fans to the PPG exhibits. He was subsequently
commissioned by PPG for several original art projects. Impressed,
PPG asked him in 2007 to channel his talents into the annual cal-
endar. It became one of the most popular car calendars in years.
“We are fortunate enough to have such
an amazing talent available to us.”
Mayabb’s love of cars and art dates back to his youth. As a
young man in the 1950s, he 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, which 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 has also 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. CW
Artist Darrel Mayabb, a member of the National Rod & Custom Car Hall of Fame, has been creating PPG’s annual calendar since 2007.
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