Hunt Slonem Diamond
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Wood, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Glass, Resin, Wood, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Glass, Wood, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Glass, Wood
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Glass, Wood, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Glass, Resin
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas, Glass, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Mixed Media, Board, Wood, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Wood, Oil, Mixed Media, Board
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Oil, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Oil, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Mixed Media
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Glass, Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Glass, Oil, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Glass, Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Resin, Acrylic, Canvas, Glass, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Glass, Resin, Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Resin, Glass, Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Glass, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Glass, Wood, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Glass, Wood, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Glass, Resin, Wood, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Glass, Wood, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Wood, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Glass, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Diamond
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Oil, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
Hunt Slonem Biography and Important Works
“I believe in repetition like a holy mantra or rosary,” neo-Expressionist painter Hunt Slonem (b. 1951) told Introspective, referring to his artistic method. “I am slightly influenced by Pop art, like the repetition of soup cans, postage stamps and celebrities. It’s something I have been doing my whole life.”
Slonem, who often depicts birds, rendered in thick, gestural brushstrokes and arranged in a loose grid, developed his fascination with tropical avian life during a childhood spent in Hawaii and Nicaragua. Today, his 30,000-square-foot studio in Brooklyn contains an aviary, along with a personal garden, a collection of antiques and walls and walls of artworks.
Besides birds, Slonem also paints bunnies — so many that they’ve become a signature. Limned in expressive, urgent strokes on flat, vibrantly colored backgrounds, these creatures fascinate through their subtle variations. “I have painted hundreds of rabbits, but each one is different,” the artist has explained. “Each has its own personality, and it just comes through me.”
The multitalented Slonem also sculpts, makes prints, creates installations and restores historic spaces. His work has achieved cult status among collectors and is represented in the permanent collections of such esteemed institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Slonem has even made an appearance on Real Housewives of New York.