Contemporary Paintings
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
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Style: Contemporary
Artist: Hunt Slonem
Colorful Butterflies (Yellow, Blue, Orange) Oil Painting in Ornate Vintage Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem
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 Artist's St...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Violets Charlotte" Floral
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Violets Charlotte
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Ed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Jane Scott" Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Jane Scott
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 18" x 14"
Framed Dimensions: 20.5" x 16.5"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
P...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Yellow Score" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Yellow Score
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 13" x 11"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Hu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Sierra" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Sierra
Date: 2025
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 7.5" x 5"
Framed Dimensions: 11" x 9"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edition: Uni...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Pink Ascension 18" Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Pink Ascension 18
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil on canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 48" x 48"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edition: Unique
Hunt Slonem...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Night Dream Black/White Bunnies Original Oil Painting in Ornate Vintage Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem
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 Artist's St...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Swallowtail" Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Swallowtail
Date: 2019
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 33" x 25"
Framed Dimensions: 35" x 26.5"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Editi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blue Diamond Dust Tuesday
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodmere, OH
Blue White Outline Bunnies with Blue Diamond Dust
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Monsoon Memory" Birds
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Monsoon Memory
Date: 2019
Medium: Oil on canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 36" x 30"
Framed Dimensions: 38" x 32"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Ed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Violet Ascension Weaver
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodmere, OH
Black Outline / White Butterflies, Metallic Gold, Light Pink Scored
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Hutch Patch" Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Hutch Patch
Series: Bunnies
Date: 2025
Medium: Oil on canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 48 " x 48 "
Framed Dimensions: 50 " x 50 "
Signature: Signed by...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hummingbirds Lupin
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
This painting is phenomenal example of Hunt Slonem's floral arrangements placed in a antique frame chosen by Hunt himself.
Hunt Slonem's artistic trajectory has always been charact...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Rose Banded
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. Part of Hunt’s “Roadrunner Series”, “Rose Banded" depicts a gestured bunny on a multicolored striped backgro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Resin Flight
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodmere, OH
Multicolor Butterflies, Blue Sparkle on Resin
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Canticle 3
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodmere, OH
Multicolor Butterflies, Blue Scored
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
$35,500
Amazons
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodmere, OH
Green Birds on Branches / Yellow Scored
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
$18,000
Blue and Black Double Bunny Original Oil Painting in Vintage Gold Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem - Ultra II
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
Light Blue and Black Bunny Original Oil Painting in Vintage Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem - Thomas
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 Ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Daisy Garden" Floral
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Daisy Garden
Date: 2025
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Annunciation
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodmere, OH
Black Outline, White Butterflies, Gold Scored
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lagoon I
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodmere, OH
Multiples Bunnies on Light Diamond Dust
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
$23,500
Hunt Slonem "Queen Elizabeth" Portrait
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Queen Elizabeth
Date: 2025
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 20" x 16"
Framed Dimensions: 26" x 21.5"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
E...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Naranja
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodmere, OH
Amazon Parrot Birds on Orange with Scoring
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
$14,500
Eye Fly
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodmere, OH
Black Outline Multicolored Butterflies, Black Guardians. Multicolored
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
$28,000
4 Flight
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
This painting of butterflies captures the visual style of Hunt Slonem, complete with his signature scoring that appears in many of his paintings. It is also set in an antique fram ha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Night-watch
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodmere, OH
Bunnies on Black Diamond Dust
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
$26,000
Hunt Slonem "Hutch Kaleidoscope Fratilery" Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Hutch Kaleidoscope Fratilery
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 48" x 48"
Framed Dimensions: 50" x 50"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hombre Blues
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodmere, OH
Multicolor outline Bunny, Multicolor Ombre
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Chinensis Parade Route" Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Chinensis Parade Route
Series: Bunnies
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 48" x 48"
Framed Dimensions: 50" x 50"
Signature: Sign...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Audrey Kiss
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodmere, OH
Black Outline BUNNY Pink
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Star" Floral
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Star
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 16.5" x 14.5"
Signature: Signed verso
Edition: Unique
Hunt S...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem, Black and White Bunnies, Oil Painting 'White Diamond Dust'
By Hunt Slonem
Located in White Plains, NY
'White Diamond Dust' by Hunt Slonem, 2022. Oil and acrylic with diamond dust on canvas, 36 x 48 in. This painting features Slonem's signature bunnies outlined in black over a white, diamond dusted background.
Considered one of the great colorists of his time, Slonem’s neo-expressionist paintings feature an exuberant and bold, fauvist palette to emphasize his beloved menagerie of animals. Through the application of lavish, lush colors, Slonem’s painterly style continues to be fresh and innovative bordering on Pop Art aesthetics. Depicting his signature motifs of repeating whimsical animal imagery, the artist’s devotion to nature and its inhabitants are apparent.
Born in Kittery, Maine in 1951, Hunt Slonem graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Painting and Art History from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Slonem later attended the prestigious Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, where he was exposed to influential artists from the New York area including Alex Katz, Alice Neel, Richard Estes, Jack Levine, Louise Nevelson and Al Held. This exposure played a pivotal role in Slonem’s artistic career, as it aided in his decision to move to New York in 1973.
Since 1977, Slonem has had over 250 solo exhibitions at prestigious galleries. Museums, both domestic and international, have collected his work, among them Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Whitney, the Miro Foundation, and the New Orleans Museum of Art.
His work has been exhibited globally, including in Madras, Quito, Venice, Gustavia, San...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Hunt Slonem "Delta" Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Delta
Date: 2020
Medium: Oil on canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 30" x 40"
Framed Dimensions: 32" x 42"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edition: Un...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Barnaly" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Bamaly
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 14.5" x 10.5"
Framed Dimensions: 17.5" x 14"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Editio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Rosamond" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Rosamond
Date: 2021
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 11.5" x 9.5"
Signature: Signed verso
Edition: Unique
Hun...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem IO Moths, Unique, Signed painting created for literary publication
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
Hunt Slonem
IO Moths, 2009
Oil paint on canvas painting
Hand Signed, titled and dated on the back; also bears artists original label
Unique work
Provenance: Created by Hunt Slonem e...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Hunt Slonem "Cabbage Patch Pink" Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Cabbage Patch Pink
Date: 2025
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 16.5" x 12.5"
Framed Dimensions: 21.5" x 18"
Signature: Signed by Artist on ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Daisy Again" Floral
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Daisy Again
Date: 2025
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 "Lilly" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Lilly
Date: 2025
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 15" x 13"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edition: Uniq...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Ted" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Ted
Date: 2025
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 15" x 13"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edition: Unique...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Blue Sky" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Blue Sky
Date: 2025
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edition: U...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Sky Swoon" Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Sky Swoon
Series: Butterflies
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 30" x 40"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edition: Unique...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Companion
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Hunt Slonem’s "Companion" features two black bunnies painted with bold, gestural brushstrokes, sitting side by side against a crisp white background. Their simple yet expressive form...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Purple Arrival" Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Purple Arrival
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Provenanc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Rovers Bunny's" Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Rovers Bunny's
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 24.5" x 18"
Framed Dimensions: 28.5" x 23"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Uniq...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Plata" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Plata
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Provenance...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Zone 1" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Zone 1
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Hunt...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Silver Peace" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Silver Peace
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Pro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Banded Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. Part of Hunt’s “Roadrunner Series”, “Banded Bunny" depicts a gestured bunny on a multicolored striped backgr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Violets" Florals
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Violets
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 14"
Framed Dimensions: 12.5" x 16.5"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edition...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Amandas Color" Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Amandas Color
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 20" x 15.75"
Framed Dimensions: 25" x 21"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Hun...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blue Diamond Dust Tuesday
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Malmo, SE
Signed, titled and dated on the back.
Acquired directly from the artist.
Free shipment worldwide
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct n...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Hunt Slonem "Red Madison" Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Red Madison
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 30" x 36"
Framed Dimensions: 32" x 38"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Hunt Sl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Helsinki" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Helsinki
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 21.5" x 16.5"
Framed Dimensions: 25.5" x 20.5"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Uniqu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Yellow Sulphurs" Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Yellow Sulphurs
Series: Butterflies
Date: 2021
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 15 x 13 inches
Signature: Sign...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Golden Rod
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Hunt Slonem's "Golden Rod" presents a mesmerizing display of white and black butterflies gracefully fluttering against a rich Tuscan yellow background. The use of sgraffito—a techniq...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
$12,475
4 Flight
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodmere, OH
Black Outline Black Yellow Butterflies, Red Scored
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Red, Yellow and Black Double Tulip Original Oil painting in Vintage Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem - Double Tulip Yellow Slash
Original Framed Oil Painting. Signed on Verso.
Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem.
This painting was acquired directly from the ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Madi
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodmere, OH
Black Outline Bunny, PINK
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
$7,000
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