The Beach 2

One of the last things I made in 2021 was this small mixed media piece on canvas. Created using acrylic paint, gouache, silver foil and collage on stretched canvas. This artwork is signed on the back.

This piece was created using paint and collage. The artwork is based on a photo I took last year at a beach in the Illawarra called Perkins Beach. This artwork combines recycled magazine clippings torn, cut and assembled along with recycled test print pieces from my screen print work, to create a textured, heavily layered small one of a kind piece. Also on this piece are a few small print highlights containing a shiny metallic silver foil, which pops when looking at the work on an angle. Difficult to photograph but it's more visible on the side pic as the light strikes it.

The piece is on stretched wooden frame. It has a wire at the back and is ready to hang. 2 coats of gloss varnish have also been applied to protect the artwork and the gloss finish really brings out all the intricate details in the work.

The edges are painted so it is ready for your wall, or you may wish to frame the piece directly after purchase through the Bluethumb options. Any questions? Please ask. 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.