There have been all sorts of movements on the move this year, from skateboarding rallies to boat parades. But none have been more original or head-turning than one that took place on Santa Monica Boulevard a couple of weeks ago.

A rolling parade of cars lined the street, waving and honking horns, all ranging in make, model, color, and type. But they all had a single striking similarity: one-of-a-kind original artwork by legendary painter Kenny Scharf adorning their doors, hoods, grills, and headlights.

Kenny Scharf has been putting his signature works on modes of transportation for years, dating all the way back to his days tagging New York City subway cars in the early-’80s, around the time he was running the East Village pop art scene with close friends Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Inspired by Warhol and paving the way for Banksy and Shephard Fairey, among a mass of other street artists making waves today, Scharf and his compadres changed the game. They made art fun to find, placing their signature characters everywhere they were, leaving a mark that lasts a lifetime and beyond.

Thankfully, unlike the vast majority of his contemporaries, we still have Kenny Scharf with us today.

After moving back to Los Angeles, where he grew up, Scharf began transferring his subway tagging to the most popular mode of transportation in the City of Angels: cars. There are infinite cars in LA, and most of them like to drive on the exact same roads at the exact same time, meaning they always have lots of eyes on them. This makes them the perfect canvas for someone like Scharf, who wants his characters to make a difference in someone’s day.

“[Karbombz is] my rebellion against the given,” Scharf told the recipient of one of his Karbombz. “We’re are given these cars that look like this, but we don’t have to just accept [them]. I don’t like to accept whatever just because that’s the way it is. I can change tactically and visually, therefore changing my environment and other people’s too, and maybe inspire them to do the same.”

It takes Kenny around an hour to transform each car or truck he breathes new life into, depending on the size of the vehicle and the art he’s adding to it. Since he began his Karbombz series nearly 10 years ago, he says he has painted almost 300 vehicles, all for free. He asks the owner of the car what kind of vibe they’re looking for and also their color preferences.

The only thing he asks of the recipients of his Karbombz paintings? That they don’t turn around and sell their car as a piece of art.

“As you know, I have everyone sign something that says they won’t take pieces off and sell them,” Kenny said in 2016. “One of the things that’s important for me about Karbombz, and public art for me in general, is [it’s] something I do that I don’t want to have money attached. In general, the view is unless something is worth a lot of money it’s not really valuable as art. And I think that’s wrong. I think that some art doesn’t have a price tag, and it will force people to kind of confront the art itself and not the price tag attached to it.”

Of the hundreds of Karbombz Kenny Scharf has released into the world, roughly 30 of them showed up for the parade on Santa Monica Boulevard in late-September. The rally was in celebration of Scharf’s storied career and the opening of his new gallery showing at Jeffrey Deitch, which is available to view by appointment until the end of the month.

You’d be surprised how easy it is to get a Karbombz piece of your own. If you’re in Los Angeles (or whichever city Kenny Scharf happens to be in at the time) simply shoot him an email or DM and let him know you’d like him to paint your car. If he’s free, he’ll let you know where to pull up with your large, steel canvas on wheels. Just don’t try to flip it.