Daryl Austin
@darylaustin25.bsky.social
Daryl Austin b:1964
Visual artist focussing on contemporary realist painting and drawing
Visual artist focussing on contemporary realist painting and drawing
"Tall timbers " 2025
Shellac ink on polymer draft film
24 x 18cm
#darylaustinpaintings #adelaideartist ##inkdrawing #inksketch #sennelierink #photobasedart #vernacularart
Shellac ink on polymer draft film
24 x 18cm
#darylaustinpaintings #adelaideartist ##inkdrawing #inksketch #sennelierink #photobasedart #vernacularart
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
"Tall timbers " 2025
Shellac ink on polymer draft film
24 x 18cm
#darylaustinpaintings #adelaideartist ##inkdrawing #inksketch #sennelierink #photobasedart #vernacularart
Shellac ink on polymer draft film
24 x 18cm
#darylaustinpaintings #adelaideartist ##inkdrawing #inksketch #sennelierink #photobasedart #vernacularart
Retrospect corner #6 2018
Oil on board
50 x 40 cm
#tonalpainting #tonalistpainting #adelaideartist ##darylaustinpaintings #contemporaryfigurativepainting #stilllifepainting
Oil on board
50 x 40 cm
#tonalpainting #tonalistpainting #adelaideartist ##darylaustinpaintings #contemporaryfigurativepainting #stilllifepainting
October 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Retrospect corner #6 2018
Oil on board
50 x 40 cm
#tonalpainting #tonalistpainting #adelaideartist ##darylaustinpaintings #contemporaryfigurativepainting #stilllifepainting
Oil on board
50 x 40 cm
#tonalpainting #tonalistpainting #adelaideartist ##darylaustinpaintings #contemporaryfigurativepainting #stilllifepainting
Retrospect corner #5 2018
Oil on panel
18 x 24 cm
#darylaustinpaintings #adelaideartist #contemporaryrealism #composition #australianlandscape #australiangothic #landscape
Oil on panel
18 x 24 cm
#darylaustinpaintings #adelaideartist #contemporaryrealism #composition #australianlandscape #australiangothic #landscape
October 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Retrospect corner #5 2018
Oil on panel
18 x 24 cm
#darylaustinpaintings #adelaideartist #contemporaryrealism #composition #australianlandscape #australiangothic #landscape
Oil on panel
18 x 24 cm
#darylaustinpaintings #adelaideartist #contemporaryrealism #composition #australianlandscape #australiangothic #landscape
Retrospect corner #5 2018
Oil on board
18 x 24 cm
#darylaustinpaintings #adelaideartist #contemporaryrealism #australianlandscape #australiangothic #landscapepainting #tonalpainting
Oil on board
18 x 24 cm
#darylaustinpaintings #adelaideartist #contemporaryrealism #australianlandscape #australiangothic #landscapepainting #tonalpainting
September 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Retrospect corner #5 2018
Oil on board
18 x 24 cm
#darylaustinpaintings #adelaideartist #contemporaryrealism #australianlandscape #australiangothic #landscapepainting #tonalpainting
Oil on board
18 x 24 cm
#darylaustinpaintings #adelaideartist #contemporaryrealism #australianlandscape #australiangothic #landscapepainting #tonalpainting
Retrospect corner #3 2018
Oil on board
18 x 24 cm
#darylaustinpaintings #adelaideartist #contemporaryrealism #photobasedpainting #tonalpainting #tonalistpainting #figurepainting
Oil on board
18 x 24 cm
#darylaustinpaintings #adelaideartist #contemporaryrealism #photobasedpainting #tonalpainting #tonalistpainting #figurepainting
September 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Retrospect corner #3 2018
Oil on board
18 x 24 cm
#darylaustinpaintings #adelaideartist #contemporaryrealism #photobasedpainting #tonalpainting #tonalistpainting #figurepainting
Oil on board
18 x 24 cm
#darylaustinpaintings #adelaideartist #contemporaryrealism #photobasedpainting #tonalpainting #tonalistpainting #figurepainting
Retrospect corner #2 2017
Oil on board
24 x 18 cm
#darylaustinpaintings #adelaideartist #tonalpainting #contemporaryfigurativeart #vernacular #vernacularpainting
#photobasedpainting #photobasedart
Oil on board
24 x 18 cm
#darylaustinpaintings #adelaideartist #tonalpainting #contemporaryfigurativeart #vernacular #vernacularpainting
#photobasedpainting #photobasedart
September 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Retrospect corner #2 2017
Oil on board
24 x 18 cm
#darylaustinpaintings #adelaideartist #tonalpainting #contemporaryfigurativeart #vernacular #vernacularpainting
#photobasedpainting #photobasedart
Oil on board
24 x 18 cm
#darylaustinpaintings #adelaideartist #tonalpainting #contemporaryfigurativeart #vernacular #vernacularpainting
#photobasedpainting #photobasedart
Retrospect corner #1 2017
Oil on board
24 x 18 cm
#darylaustinpaintings #vernacular #vernacularpainting
#tonalpainting #adelaideartist #contemporaryfigurativeart #contemporaryrealism
Oil on board
24 x 18 cm
#darylaustinpaintings #vernacular #vernacularpainting
#tonalpainting #adelaideartist #contemporaryfigurativeart #contemporaryrealism
September 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Retrospect corner #1 2017
Oil on board
24 x 18 cm
#darylaustinpaintings #vernacular #vernacularpainting
#tonalpainting #adelaideartist #contemporaryfigurativeart #contemporaryrealism
Oil on board
24 x 18 cm
#darylaustinpaintings #vernacular #vernacularpainting
#tonalpainting #adelaideartist #contemporaryfigurativeart #contemporaryrealism
I've been teaching variations of the colour wheel to painting students for 25 years. It still POPS!
#colourwheel #colourwheels #darylaustinpaintings
#colourwheel #colourwheels #darylaustinpaintings
August 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I've been teaching variations of the colour wheel to painting students for 25 years. It still POPS!
#colourwheel #colourwheels #darylaustinpaintings
#colourwheel #colourwheels #darylaustinpaintings
Midwich 2025
Shellac ink on polymer draft paper
24 x 18 cm HxW
#sennelierink #photobasedart #darylaustinpaintings #inkdrawing #contemporaryfigurativeart
Shellac ink on polymer draft paper
24 x 18 cm HxW
#sennelierink #photobasedart #darylaustinpaintings #inkdrawing #contemporaryfigurativeart
July 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Midwich 2025
Shellac ink on polymer draft paper
24 x 18 cm HxW
#sennelierink #photobasedart #darylaustinpaintings #inkdrawing #contemporaryfigurativeart
Shellac ink on polymer draft paper
24 x 18 cm HxW
#sennelierink #photobasedart #darylaustinpaintings #inkdrawing #contemporaryfigurativeart
"Pageant" 2025
Oil on linen
24 x 18 inches
#contemporaryrealism #contemporaryfigurativeart #adelaideartist #darylaustinpaintings
Oil on linen
24 x 18 inches
#contemporaryrealism #contemporaryfigurativeart #adelaideartist #darylaustinpaintings
July 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"Pageant" 2025
Oil on linen
24 x 18 inches
#contemporaryrealism #contemporaryfigurativeart #adelaideartist #darylaustinpaintings
Oil on linen
24 x 18 inches
#contemporaryrealism #contemporaryfigurativeart #adelaideartist #darylaustinpaintings
June 29, 2025 at 11:51 PM
"Tall timber" 2025
Oil on linen
24 x 18 inches #tonalistpainting #figurepainting #contemporaryfigurativeart #adelaideartist #contemporaryrealism
Oil on linen
24 x 18 inches #tonalistpainting #figurepainting #contemporaryfigurativeart #adelaideartist #contemporaryrealism
June 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"Tall timber" 2025
Oil on linen
24 x 18 inches #tonalistpainting #figurepainting #contemporaryfigurativeart #adelaideartist #contemporaryrealism
Oil on linen
24 x 18 inches #tonalistpainting #figurepainting #contemporaryfigurativeart #adelaideartist #contemporaryrealism
2024 reprise (detail)
#tonalpainting #tonalistpainting #adelaideartist #contemporaryrealism #photobasedpainting #contemporaryfigurativeart
#tonalpainting #tonalistpainting #adelaideartist #contemporaryrealism #photobasedpainting #contemporaryfigurativeart
June 16, 2025 at 3:58 AM
"Self portrait Green/Pink 2025"
Oil on linen
76 x 60 cm HxW
#selfportrait #portrait #ontheeasel #tonalpainting
#darylaustinpaintings
Oil on linen
76 x 60 cm HxW
#selfportrait #portrait #ontheeasel #tonalpainting
#darylaustinpaintings
June 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"Self portrait Green/Pink 2025"
Oil on linen
76 x 60 cm HxW
#selfportrait #portrait #ontheeasel #tonalpainting
#darylaustinpaintings
Oil on linen
76 x 60 cm HxW
#selfportrait #portrait #ontheeasel #tonalpainting
#darylaustinpaintings
Self portrait, WIP, (detail) 2025
#darylaustinpaintings ##selfportrait #portrait #ontheeasel #ontheeaseltoday
#darylaustinpaintings ##selfportrait #portrait #ontheeasel #ontheeaseltoday
May 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Self portrait, WIP, (detail) 2025
#darylaustinpaintings ##selfportrait #portrait #ontheeasel #ontheeaseltoday
#darylaustinpaintings ##selfportrait #portrait #ontheeasel #ontheeaseltoday
May 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Completed Rembrandt copy for my masters techniques class today.
Next project Jean Baptiste Chardin
#paintingtechniques #rembrandtcopy
Next project Jean Baptiste Chardin
#paintingtechniques #rembrandtcopy
May 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Completed Rembrandt copy for my masters techniques class today.
Next project Jean Baptiste Chardin
#paintingtechniques #rembrandtcopy
Next project Jean Baptiste Chardin
#paintingtechniques #rembrandtcopy
An ongoing Rembrandt copy for my Tonal realism class.
#mastercopy #rembrandtcopy #tonalpainting #paintingtechniques ##oldmasters
#mastercopy #rembrandtcopy #tonalpainting #paintingtechniques ##oldmasters
May 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
An ongoing Rembrandt copy for my Tonal realism class.
#mastercopy #rembrandtcopy #tonalpainting #paintingtechniques ##oldmasters
#mastercopy #rembrandtcopy #tonalpainting #paintingtechniques ##oldmasters
Same but different-skulls.
Grisaille over earth underpainting.
#paintingtechniques #paintedsketch ##oilsketch
Grisaille over earth underpainting.
#paintingtechniques #paintedsketch ##oilsketch
April 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Same but different-skulls.
Grisaille over earth underpainting.
#paintingtechniques #paintedsketch ##oilsketch
Grisaille over earth underpainting.
#paintingtechniques #paintedsketch ##oilsketch
"Vauxhall Viva" 2025
Oil on Linen
24 x 18 inches
#VauxhallViva #contemporaryrealism #contemporaryfigurativeart #adelaideartist
Oil on Linen
24 x 18 inches
#VauxhallViva #contemporaryrealism #contemporaryfigurativeart #adelaideartist
April 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
"Vauxhall Viva" 2025
Oil on Linen
24 x 18 inches
#VauxhallViva #contemporaryrealism #contemporaryfigurativeart #adelaideartist
Oil on Linen
24 x 18 inches
#VauxhallViva #contemporaryrealism #contemporaryfigurativeart #adelaideartist
Teaching techniques of the master painters. Demonstration of dead colour underpainting over earth coloured ground.
#tonalpainting #tonalistpainting #figurepainting #paintsketch
#tonalpainting #tonalistpainting #figurepainting #paintsketch
April 13, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Teaching techniques of the master painters. Demonstration of dead colour underpainting over earth coloured ground.
#tonalpainting #tonalistpainting #figurepainting #paintsketch
#tonalpainting #tonalistpainting #figurepainting #paintsketch
Reworking a Rembrandt copy for my Tonal realism class at ACSA.
#tonalpainting #ontheeasel
#oilpainting #Rembrandt
#tonalpainting #ontheeasel
#oilpainting #Rembrandt
March 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Reworking a Rembrandt copy for my Tonal realism class at ACSA.
#tonalpainting #ontheeasel
#oilpainting #Rembrandt
#tonalpainting #ontheeasel
#oilpainting #Rembrandt
March 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The definitive version.
"Allotment "2025
Oil on linen
24" x 18" Inches H x W
"Allotment "2025
Oil on linen
24" x 18" Inches H x W
March 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The definitive version.
"Allotment "2025
Oil on linen
24" x 18" Inches H x W
"Allotment "2025
Oil on linen
24" x 18" Inches H x W
"Tram" 2025
Ink on draft polymer film
24 x18 cm
Ink on draft polymer film
24 x18 cm
March 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
"Tram" 2025
Ink on draft polymer film
24 x18 cm
Ink on draft polymer film
24 x18 cm