The Beach 5 - Framed

The sky is a one off screen print experiment on paper blending several colours to create the effect. The bottom half of this piece is made from recycled paper collage.

The collage elements are taken from recycled old books, brochures, magazines, prints and junk mail. All bits are torn, cut, assembled and glued to create this textured one of a kind original artwork.

This piece is framed in a simple white frame. It is behind glass, has a wire at the back, and is ready for your wall. The glass can be removed if you'd prefer.

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.