Head on a swivel

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Artwork Details

Medium Mixed Media, Canvas, Ready to hang
Dimensions 90cm (W) x 90cm (H) x 2cm (D)
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Artwork Description

Head on a Swivel unfolds like a fever dream of vigilance — a vivid world where danger and wonder coexist under the same moon. A lone figure stands at the edge of night, knife in hand, eyes wide to every direction. Behind him, a tiger’s roar splits the dark, while fire burns on the horizon and birds carve uneasy paths through the sky.

This work reflects the instinct to stay alert in a chaotic landscape — both inner and outer. The scene moves between threat and beauty: lush flowers bloom beside flame, a red sun hovers over a midnight field, and the natural and the human appear entangled in a shared tension. The figure’s elongated neck and alert posture suggest survival, awareness, and the exhaustion that comes from constant watchfulness.

Rendered in expressive, almost primitive strokes, the painting speaks to raw emotion more than realism. Every symbol — the knife, the tiger, the fire — becomes part of a personal mythology of defence and presence. Head on a Swivel captures that state of being when the world feels alive with both menace and meaning, when to stay still is to risk being swallowed, and to move is to assert that you are still here, still watching.

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, naïve characters, patterns, 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 and exhibited in several exhibitions, group shows and art fairs.

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Shane's studio is in Melbourne