Surrounded by walls plastered with the works of his idols, the painter-turned-new media maestro draws inspiration from famous juxtaposer Rene Magritte and French pointillist Georges Seurat as he logs daily manipulations of the deluge of mass media output.

At first glance, the layering of this imagery retains the aesthetic of a watercolour, briefly delaying the viewer's recognition of the characteristic blur of online media saturation.

"In this digital era, we're bombarded on a daily basis with such an overwhelming amount of imagery, your world spins; there's just so much to take in. Like channel surfing, images flash in front of us and our minds have developed to a stage where we can make sense of them."

Showing the skills of lifetime painter and a Photoshop pro (since completing a master of visual art at VCA two years ago), Bunn's work introduces a new brand of pop art that evokes the sensory overload of modern mass media by freeze-framing the interpretation process.

"I wanted to seize on those images that speak of the here and now. By bringing a range of media into a two-dimensional static snapshot, I'm attempting to make imagery fractured while retaining a painterly feel in colour and texture, so you've got to work hard to figure out what it is.

"As street artist Banks put it, the holy grail for an artist is to spend less time making a picture than it takes people to look at it. "

Patrons of Cafe Mies in Spotswood might be forgiven for feeling hypnotised by a colourful example of his craft on display as part of the Hobsons Bay Art in Public Places program, for which it received the major prize.

The wall-filling image is an intriguing collection of pixels and colour, revealing upon closer inspection the presence of two male figures.

The identities of the men are not clear, but a sense of public prominence comes through.

"The more you look, the more you're engaged, the more you'll find."