Street

'Street' is an original mixed-media artwork on stretched canvas.

Created using acrylics and screen-printed water-based ink, the piece features bold, vibrant colour and celebrates a simple street scene. There are no hidden meanings or elaborate narratives — just an honest, energetic image brought to life through colour, texture, and layered detail.

I enjoy elevating everyday scenes, mashing them together with strong colour and overlaid text to build depth and visual interest. Each layer contributes to the richness of the surface, giving the work a sense of movement and presence.

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.