Somewhere

Loosely inspired by an old painting by Philip Wilson Steer titled Beach at Étaples.

This piece has been created using a combination of paint and collage. Most of the collage elements are largely covered with paint, resulting in a heavily layered, textured surface.

A wire is fitted on the back, so it’s ready to hang. Two coats of gloss varnish will be applied to protect the artwork, with the gloss finish enhancing the colour and bringing out the finer details in the piece.

The edges are painted, making it ready to go straight on your wall, or you may choose to have it framed during purchase using the Bluethumb options.

Thanks for checking it out.

Cheers, Darren

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Based near Wollongong on the NSW East Coast of Australia, Darren King is a multidisciplinary artist working across collage, printmaking, mixed media, and painting. Over the past five years, he has honed a distinctive visual language that merges traditional and contemporary techniques.

Trained in Fine Arts, cartooning, illustration, graphic design, and screen printing, King combines elements from each of these disciplines to create bold, textural, and visually engaging works. Since refocusing on original mixed media art in 2021, he has developed a particular passion for collage.

Working primarily with recycled and repurposed materials - including discarded magazines, junk mail, maps, paper bags, and vintage books—King transforms the everyday into vibrant, layered compositions. His art captures the beauty of the ordinary and evokes a playful nostalgia, celebrating the local, the joyous, the tasty or the long-forgotten.

King’s work has been featured on Selling Houses Australia (Annandale 2025), earned multiple art awards, and been exhibited in numerous group shows and art prizes.
His artworks are held in private collections worldwide.