The Beach

'The Beach' is a seascape/landscape artwork based on a photo I took at Perkins Beach in the Illawarra earlier this year. This particular artwork contains a whole bunch of abstract collaged elements that combine to bring the whole piece together. Loads of detail, loads of layers within the piece.

The artwork is on a professional painting board which is made from a smooth blonde coloured plywood panel with pine bracing ensuring a strong and warp resistant painting support. It has a wire at the back, painted edges & is ready to hang. 2 coats of varnish have also been applied to protect the artwork and the gloss finish really brings out all the intricate details / layers within the work.

Some of the collage elements are taken from one of my multi layered screen print experiments printed around 8 years ago. Cut up, painted and reassembled with additional images to create this piece. Recycled magazine clippings have also been used, resulting in a heavily layered, one of a kind piece.

The edges are painted, so it is ready for your wall, or you may wish to frame the piece directly after purchase through the many 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.