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Paintings For Sale
Artist: Hunt Slonem
Artist: Milly Ristvedt
Morphos (Original painting)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil on wood painting. Hand signed, titled and dated on verso by Hunt Slonem. Artwork size 10 x 8 inches.
Frame size approx 16 x 14 inches.
Artwork is in excellent condit...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
"Guardians" Contemporary Oil Monkey Eyes Post-Cubist Abstract Whimsical Animal
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
"Guardians" Contemporary Oil Monkey Eyes Post-Cubist Abstract Whimsical Animal
Hunt Slonem (American, b. 1951)
"Guardians"
24 x 19 inches
Oil on Canvas
Signed, dated 1995, titled, and numbered "JEM0668" to verso.
A Certificate of Authenticity from Hunt Slonem Studio attached.
Unframed
Provenance: From a New York City Collection.
BIO
Hunt Slonem was born in Kittery, Maine in 1951. His fascination with exotica imprinted during his childhood in Hawaii and experience as a foreign exchange student in Managua, Nicaragua. Slonem received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Tulane University of Louisiana and studied painting at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
Since 1977, Slonem soloed in over one hundred fifty exhibitions at prestigious galleries. His work is exhibited globally, including in Madras, Quito, Venice, Gustavia, San Juan, Guatemala City, Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid, Stockholm, Oslo, Cologne, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. Over fifty museums internationally include his work in their collections, among them The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York. His work has been shown in thirty-one different museums. Corporate collections include American Telephone and Telegraph, Chase Manhattan Bank, Citibank, Continental Airlines, Goldman Sachs Co., IBM Corporation, Marriot Corporation, Paine Webber, Inc., Port Authority, and Readers Digest Inc. He won the 1991 National Endowment for the Arts Grant in Painting, and McDowell Fellowships in 1986, 1984 and 1983.
Since 1973, Slonem has lived and worked in New York City in his legendary loft with his seventy pet birds. The birds are his models. So enmeshed and unique are his aviary, studio, lifestyle and painting, that Slonem has been featured on television a dozen times and in numerous articles. In his 1993 essay, the late Henry Geldzahler describes, "The visual field of Hunt Slonem's paintings is a continuum accented by ovals of varying shape and colors that it turns out are birds." The birds evolved from Slonem's early paintings of saints as well as inspiration from the pioneers of bird imagery in painting, including Fabritsius, Heade and Audubon. Audubon shot one hundred birds...
Category
1990s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Silver Ascension Majesty
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Silver Ascension Majesty
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 25.5" x 19.5"
Framed Dimensions: 29.5" x 23.5"
Signature: Signed by Ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Treat
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem.
Oil on wood
Painting is framed, as seen in the images. Dimensions of the artwork with the frame: 40,64 x 35,56 cm
Signed Verso
Please not...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Lawn Party
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Lawn Party
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 13.75" x 11.75"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Good Run - modern, contemporary, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This colorful contemporary abstract painting was created by Milly Ristvedt.
Canadian artist Milly Ristvedt has been exploring the creative and emotive possibilities of color express...
Category
1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Hunt Slonem "Max" Black and White Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Max" Black and White Bunny
A single rabbit gestured in black on a white background in a vintage frame
Unframed: 8 x 6 inches
Framed: 11 x 9 inches
*Painting is framed -...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Peacock Albania
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Peacock Albania
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 30" x 36"
Framed Dimensions: 32" x 38"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Night Owl
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Night Owl
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 20.5" x 12.5"
Framed Dimensions: 25.5" x 17.5"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Uniqu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Flight
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Flight
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 14" x 11"
Framed Dimensions: 18.5" x 15.5"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Proven...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Joyful
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Joyful
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Prove...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Untitled" Black Outlined Bunny on Red Velvet Background with Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a Scarlet Red background with thick use of paint. I...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Elm Court Fritillary
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem.
A Certificate of Authenticity will be accompanied with this piece.
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for h...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Hunt Slonem "Monsoon 5 Cockatoos" Birds on Blue and Metallic Background
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Monsoon 5 Cockatoos" Birds on Blue and Metallic Background
Five birds gestured in white on a scored blue, silver and gold background
Unframed
Hunt Slonem is a well-reno...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Peach Georgia
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Peach Georgia
Date: 2025
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Ed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Daffodils
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Daffodils
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 21.5" x 15.5"
Framed Dimensions: 24" x 18"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Pr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cockatoo Whisper Birthday
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Cockatoo Whisper Birthday
Date: 2020
Medium: Oil on canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 36 x 30 inches
Signature: Signed verso
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem, "August", 20x16 Black and White Single Bunny Rabbit Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Renowned artist Hunt Slonem's "August" is a 20x16 black and white oil painting on wood board of a single contemporary abstract rabbit in black against a white background. Signed to v...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Yellow Moon" Black Outlined Bunny on Royal Yellow Oil Painting on Wood Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a royal yellow background with thick use of paint. ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Hunt Slonem "Midnight Blue" Single Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Midnight Blue" Single Bunny
A single rabbit gestured in black on a dark blue background in a vintage frame
Unframed: 8 x 6 inches
Framed: 10.5 x 8.5 inches
*Painting is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
'Shimmer 2' Unique Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
‘Shimmer 2’ is a signature gestural butterfly painting by Hunt Slonem. Butterflies can be found throughout Slonem’s Neo-expressionist body of work. The background of the painting is ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Jims
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Jims
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Provenance: Hunt S...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Swoon Song, 2023 - Hunt Slonem
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Porto, 13
The painting "Swoon Song" by Hunt Slonem, created in 2023, is an oil on canvas piece that measures 152 x 178 cm (60 x 70 inches). The work is in excellent, new condition, and feature...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sky Watch
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Sky Watch
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil & Acrylic w/ Diamond Dust on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14"
Signature: Signed by ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Mixed Media
"Mellon" Bunny on Holland Tulip Orange Oil Painting on Wood Panel w Diamond Dust
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a bunny on a Holland Tulip Orange background with thick use of paint...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Glass, Resin
"Daisy's" 3 White with Yellow Flowers on a Golden Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's newest series, Daisy's. This piece depicts 3 gestural figures of big bold Daisy's on a golden background with thick use of paint. Inspired ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Mixed Media
Totem Hutch Holiday
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Totem Hutch Holiday
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 50" x 70"
Framed Dimensions:
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Editio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rainbow Butterflies (Blue, Yellow, Red) Oil Painting in Ornate Vintage Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem - Blue Line
Original Framed Oil Painting. Signed on Verso.
Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem.
This painting was acquired directly from the artist and has the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Looking Glass" Black Outline Bunny on Blue
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Looking Glass" Black Outline Bunny on Blue
A single rabbit gestured in black on a light blue background in a vintage frame
Unframed: 8 x 6 inches
Framed: 11 x 9 inches
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Owl Seattle
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Owl Seattle
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Ocean" Blue Double Heart Diamond Dust Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Ocean" Blue Double Heart Diamond Dust Bunny
Two rabbits gestured in blue on a matching Diamond Dust background in a vintage frame.
Unframed: 19 x 19 inches
Framed: 3.5 ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Resin, Oil, Panel
Profile
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Profile
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Prove...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Paris Green" Multicolor Butterflies on Green -Aesthetic Movement Eastlake Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts multicolor delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful Paris Green landsc...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Green Monsoon
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Green Monsoon
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 29" x 21"
Framed Dimensions: 31.5" x 23.5"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Uniq...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hummingbirds
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Hummingbirds
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 34.5" x 21.5"
Framed Dimensions: 41" x 27.5"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Uni...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Cardinals" Bird Couple in Red on a White Background
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Cardinals" Bird Couple in Red on a White Background
A pair of birds gestured in red and black on a white background in a vintage frame
Unframed: 10 x 8 inches
Framed: 1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Bayou Teche Remembered
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem.
Oil on wood
Painting is framed, as seen in the images. Dimensions of the artwork with the frame: 56 x 66 cm
Signed Verso, Dated and Title...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Cockatoo Single Watch
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Cockatoo Single Watch
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 14" x 10"
Framed Dimensions: 19" x 15"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: U...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 20" x 16"
Framed Dimensions: 25" x 21"
Signature: Signed by Artist ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ascension Sunday
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Ascension Sunday
Series: butterflies
Date: 2025
Medium: Oil on canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 40" x 40"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Hutch White
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Hutch White
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 28" x 22"
Framed Dimensions: 30.5" x 24.5"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Butterflies Silver
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Butterflies Silver
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 16.5" x 9"
Framed Dimensions: 19.5" x 12"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: U...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Silver Duet" Neoexpressionist Bunnies Oil On Wood
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Silver Duet" is a framed oil painting on wood by Hunt Slonem, depicting a pair of the artist's iconic rabbits in expressive contour lines set against a painterly metallic background...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint, Oil
Peace Flight
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Peace Flight
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14" x 12"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edition...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Swoon
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem.
Oil on wood
Painting is framed, as seen in the images. Dimensions of the artwork with the frame: 40,64 x 35,56 cm
Signed Verso
Please not...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Love To" Yellow Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Love To" Yellow Bunny
A single rabbit gestured in black on a yellow background in a vintage frame
Unframed: 6 x 4 inches
Framed: 8.5 x 6.5 inches
*Painting is framed - ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Green Pastures" Black Outline Bunny on Mint Green Background Oil Painting Wood
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a Mint green background with thick use of paint. In...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Hunt Slonem "Patch" Blue Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Patch" Blue Butterflies
Two black and white butterflies on a blue background in a vintage frame.
Unframed: 10 x 8 inches
Framed: 14 x 12 inches
*Painting is framed - Pl...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Midnight" Black Outlined Bunny on Dark Blue Background Oil on Wood Panel Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a Mid Night Blue background with thick use of paint...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Georgia Suite: Symmetry - modern, contemporary, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A ‘symphony’ of colour neatly framed in pale blue bordered quadrants plays against a wash of yellow in this vivid abstract by Milly Ristvedt. A master colourist, in the 1980s Ristved...
Category
1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Bayou Madewood (La Fouche)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem.
Oil on wood
Painting is framed, as seen in the images. Dimensions of the artwork with the frame: 27 x 28.5 inches
Signed Verso, Dated and...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Dove (Peace Plan)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Dove (Peace Plan)
Date: 2021
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 18.5" x 16.5"
Framed Dimensions: 26" x 23"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: U...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Night Watch Hutch (Blue Diamond Dust)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Night Watch Hutch (Blue Diamond Dust)
Series: Bunnies
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil & acryic with diamond dust on canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 48" x 48"
Sig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Monsoon Recollect
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Monsoon Recollect
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 28" x 21"
Framed Dimensions: 32" x 25"
Framed Dimensions:
Signature: Signed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Hummingbirds Larkspeer" French Pink Background Oil Painting Wood Panel Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition Slonem's Hummingbirds. This piece depicts gestural figures of colorful Humming Birds on a light French Pink background with thick use of paint. It is housed i...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Castle Grounds
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Castle Grounds
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 21" x 30"
Framed Dimensions: 23.5" x 32.5"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Uniq...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Untitled (Rabbit Triptych Panel Three)" Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Untitled (Rabbit Triptych Panel Three)" Bunnies
Rabbits rendered in black on a gold, silver, bronze, blue, green, yellow and red background.
Unframed
Hunt Slonem is a w...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Deep Cadmium" Orange Single Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Deep Cadmium" Orange Single Bunny
A single rabbit gestured in black on a light orange background in a vintage frame
Unframed: 8 x 6 inches
Framed: 11.5 x 9.5 inches
*Pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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