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Shane Bonsujet
Light reading, 2026
Acrylic paint on stretched canvas
Height 100 cm x Width 120 cm
Artwork is stretched and ready to hang & comes with a certificate of authenticity
Starting Bid: $1,400
Light Reading explores the quiet character of a room and the stories we leave behind in the spaces we inhabit. Books fill the shelves, flowers sit carefully placed, and moonlight appears through the window, yet the room itself remains strangely empty.
The oversized door becomes almost a presence of its own—suggesting something beyond the room, or perhaps someone who has just left. I wanted the painting to feel familiar and domestic while holding onto a subtle sense of mystery.
The title Light Reading is deliberately playful, referring to the books within the scene while also reflecting the gentle light that moves through the interior. Through flattened perspective, pattern and bold colour, the painting turns an ordinary room into a place of memory, solitude and quiet anticipation.
Artist Bio: Shane Bonsujet is a visual artist based and working out of his studio in Melbourne.
Shanes art often draws on lived experiences and memories that explore themes of psychology, growth, empowerment and discovery forming a deep connection with viewers.
Emotive, expressive, intuitive and playful, Shane's paintings are inspired by many influences such as the natural world, existentialism and philosophy that create a balance and duality between depth in concept and naïve appearance. Bold colours and expressive brushwork create an open dancefloor for curious mark making, patterns, naïve characters, symbols and motifs that balance abstraction and various other styles and references.
Shanes paintings are held in public and private collections all over the country and internationally, and has been a finalist in various notable art prizes such as the Blacktown art prize, Fishers Ghost art prize, Hawkesbury art prize, Lethbridge 10,000 and exhibited in several exhibitions, group shows and art fairs.
Dimensions:
100 cm x 120 cm