The Real Thing - Framed

I've been revisiting still life objects through art that bring, or have brought me joy over the years. So this piece is painted directly from my personal collection of good tunes, great shows, killer books and cracking video games.

The Real Thing by Faith No More, one of my all time favourite albums. This cassette version is painted directly onto a vintage music sheet which is on premium 1cm thick primed plywood.

Framed in a simple white painted wooden frame. Ready to hang.

3 coats of gloss varnish have been applied to protect the artwork. The gloss gives the piece a glassy finish, and really brings out all the colour in this piece.

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.