Commissions, exhibitions, past projects and fresh focusses.
Your Melbourne Street, Your Vibe, Your Original Mixed Media Bespoke Collage or Painting
I translate your vibe into an everlasting image. Give me a specific street, a personal moment, or a collection of symbolic assets—into a tangible, high-energy painting. Starting with your cues (e.g., Gertrude St., Neon sign, Yin Yang), I architect a custom visual narrative in my signature Maximalist Abstract style.
This is more than a piece of art; it's a one-of-a-kind original from a locally-based Melbourne artist. You receive a signature, collector-grade work that powerfully synthesizes your personal story with my established explorations of culture, time, and self-mastery.
Don't just collect art, commission your singularity.
Beyond places and symbols, I craft bespoke Mixed Media Portraits. Give me a photograph, a collection of insights, or just a concept, and I'll translate it into a vibrant, layered mixed media artwork in the same vein as my abstract works. A piece designed to capture the essence of an individual in my signature style.
Custom Abstract Art Commissions
No cost. No obligation. This is where ideas catch light. Simply share your initial concept, and I'll provide a custom project timeline and a concept outline, entirely based on your vision. Let's see what we can create, together.
Phosphene, a short film from the ghost cities of Inner Mongolia
The film has been exhibited internationally, screening at venues including Melbourne’s Testing Ground, the King's Artist Run Initiative (ARI), and an independent bar and exhibition space in Beijing.
The work is a critical exploration of dystopian cities in Inner Mongolian mining towns, focusing on the intertwined issues of media saturation, overpopulation, and modern loneliness.
Project
Phosphene [2018\
Year
2018
Beyond the Canvas: Consulting and Creative Leadership
Finn’s practice goes beyond the canvas. Leveraging six years in creative agency leadership and a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art (VCA), Finn has a unique perspective on creative strategy and new media execution.
Underpinned by an expansive network and a proven track record, including shortlists for D&AD and recognition as a Young Lion.
Complimentary Engagement: Advisory & Education
Committed to fostering the next generation of creative talent. As part of this commitment, I occasionally offer complimentary advisory sessions or educational engagements for institutions and emerging professionals.
This includes public speaking and teaching roles, such as the two-week, semester-long block of guest lectures delivered at Deakin University on practical creative strategy and industry navigation.
If you are an academic institution, arts organisation, or emerging creative professional seeking a strategic sounding board or a guest speaker on the realities of the creative industry, please reach out.
The Antidote to Chaos is Colour.
What happens when a bad day starts with Champagne?
This vibrant Mixed Media Work on Paper (59.4 x 84.1 cm) is a candid visual account of misdirection—the moment our desires overcome direction. Executed in a confident Pop Art and Folk style, this piece is a sophisticated exercise in aesthetic alchemy: turning a complicated day into something beautiful.
Constructed from layered Collage and Found Paper, the piece is dense with personal and Religious Art motifs, all collected during a necessary period of recovery. The result is a highly tactile, richly symbolic artwork that serves as a colourful, permanent record of transformation.
It’s more than a painting; it’s proof that a good narrative can be salvaged from a complicated night.
Explore the full story and view the piece in the collection: Moët on a Bad Day
Featured in Saatchi Art X Absolut. Vodka’s Series
Exhibiting artist, published writer, and out-there creative thinker.
Finn’s practice captures layers of meaning, brands, slogans, moments of pop culture, and our human zeitgeist.
The artist believes nothing is original; everything is a reference to what came before. Bringing past and future together, layering meaning in a religious context.
By separating imagery and recreating new meaning, Finn illustrates our ability to master our universes.
From Light to Logic: We take the chaos of light and distill it into a system. This is the structural beauty of creation—where the ethereal moment is captured and made repeatable, perfectly. It's the technical grammar of a feeling.
Ask an artist
For details on a project, a creative angle on a problem or public engagement opportunity, Finn will respond in the new year, Jan 2026.
For Custom Prints (large-format or specific sizing), Commissions, or to inquire about an Original from the Archive, please reach out directly to finnastleart@gmail.com
View prints/originals: Finn Astle on Saatchi Art