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2 Duet, Oil Painting of Black Bunnies on Yellow Background, Framed
2 Duet, Oil Painting of Black Bunnies on Yellow Background, Framed

2 Duet, Oil Painting of Black Bunnies on Yellow Background, Framed

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of two black bunnies on a yellow background with thick use of paint. ...

Category

2010s Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood

Water Lilies South Kourtwright

Water Lilies South Kourtwright

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Fairfield, CT

Oil on canvas

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Canvas, Oil

At Last

At Last

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Fairfield, CT

Framed dimensions 14.5 x 12.5 in.

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Wood, Oil

Emerald City

Emerald City

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Fairfield, CT

Framed dimensions 14.5 x 12.5 in.

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Wood, Oil

Purple Cataleya Monday

Purple Cataleya Monday

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Fairfield, CT

Framed dimensions 14.5 x 12.5 in.

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Wood, Oil

Peonie Patch

Peonie Patch

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Fairfield, CT

Framed dimensions 15 x 3 in.

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Wood, Oil

Yellow

Yellow

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Fairfield, CT

Framed dimensions 15.5 x 13.5 in.

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Wood, Oil

Benny

Benny

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Fairfield, CT

Framed dimensions 11 x 9 in.

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Wood, Oil

Blue Bliss IV: Contemporary Oil Painting with Silver Leaf, Framed
Blue Bliss IV: Contemporary Oil Painting with Silver Leaf, Framed

Blue Bliss IV: Contemporary Oil Painting with Silver Leaf, Framed

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

Blue Bliss IV by Carolyn Reynolds captures nature’s elegance with two hummingbirds in flight over a serene light blue background. The rich hue evokes calm, while silver leaf adds a s...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abraham's Peace Plan

Abraham's Peace Plan

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Woodmere, OH

Doves and Butterflies on Scored Gold...Peace Plan

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Violet Ascension Weaver

Violet Ascension Weaver

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Woodmere, OH

Black Outline / White Butterflies, Metallic Gold, Light Pink Scored

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Tall Witness

Tall Witness

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Fairfield, CT

oil on canvas

Category

1990s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled

Untitled

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Fairfield, CT

Oil on wood This work is framed. Bunny on blue. Price includes frame.

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Donna Librea, Mixed Media Wall Hanging Drawing
Donna Librea, Mixed Media Wall Hanging Drawing

Donna Librea, Mixed Media Wall Hanging Drawing

By Alex Beard

Located in Surfside, FL

Bob, George Dunbar, Mitchell Gaudet, Alan Gerson, Thomas Mann, Steve Martin, James Michalopoulos, Terrence Osborne, George Rodrigue, Hunt Slonem, Carlos Zervigon, Alex beard has dona...

Category

1990s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Mixed Media

Antoni Amat Red Vertical original abstract mixed media acrylic painting
Antoni Amat Red Vertical original abstract mixed media acrylic painting

Antoni Amat Red Vertical original abstract mixed media acrylic painting

By Toni Amat

Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL

In 2010 he collaborates with Etra Fine Art Gallery of Miami USA, working and exhibiting his work regularly in solo and group exhibitions with Hunt Slonem, Donald Sultan, Robert India...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Antoni Amat mixed media acrylic painting
Antoni Amat mixed media acrylic painting

Antoni Amat mixed media acrylic painting

By Toni Amat

Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL

In 2010 he collaborates with Etra Fine Art Gallery of Miami USA, working and exhibiting his work regularly in solo and group exhibitions with Hunt Slonem, Donald Sultan, Robert India...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Antoni Amat mixed media acrylic painting
Antoni Amat mixed media acrylic painting

Antoni Amat mixed media acrylic painting

By Toni Amat

Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL

In 2010 he collaborates with Etra Fine Art Gallery of Miami USA, working and exhibiting his work regularly in solo and group exhibitions with Hunt Slonem, Donald Sultan, Robert India...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Antoni Amat  Square   Texture  Collage   mixed media acrylic painting
Antoni Amat  Square   Texture  Collage   mixed media acrylic painting

Antoni Amat Square Texture Collage mixed media acrylic painting

By Toni Amat

Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL

In 2010 he collaborates with Etra Fine Art Gallery of Miami USA, working and exhibiting his work regularly in solo and group exhibitions with Hunt Slonem, Donald Sultan, Robert India...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Panthers in Jungle Oil Painting Surrealist Art Gustavo Novoa Green Dark Mirror
Panthers in Jungle Oil Painting Surrealist Art Gustavo Novoa Green Dark Mirror

Panthers in Jungle Oil Painting Surrealist Art Gustavo Novoa Green Dark Mirror

By Gustavo Novoa

Located in Surfside, FL

Novoa became represented exclusively by the Wally Findlay Galleries in the early 1970s, and his one-man shows in New York, Paris, Palm Beach and Beverly Hills established him as a ch...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Contemporary Abstract Landscape Monotype Painting Sarah Amos
Contemporary Abstract Landscape Monotype Painting Sarah Amos

Contemporary Abstract Landscape Monotype Painting Sarah Amos

By Sarah Amos

Located in Surfside, FL

Selected Solo and Group exhibitions include: CUE Art Foundation NY (2019), BCA, Vermont (2019), Huntington Museum, WV (2019), ICA San Jose (2018), Flinders Lane Gallery, Australia (2...

Category

1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Monotype

Large Pastel Landscape Purple Mountains Landscape American Modernist Painting
Large Pastel Landscape Purple Mountains Landscape American Modernist Painting

Large Pastel Landscape Purple Mountains Landscape American Modernist Painting

By Larry Horowitz

Located in Surfside, FL

Horowitz has also shown at Images Gallery along with Gary Bukovnik, Helen Frankenthaler, Larry Horowitz, Alex Katz, Robert Motherwell, Don Nice, Philip Pearlstein, Joseph Raffael, Hu...

Category

1980s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Pastel

1930's Modernist Oil Painting Paris Rooftops Hazel Guggenheim Mckinley Fauvist
1930's Modernist Oil Painting Paris Rooftops Hazel Guggenheim Mckinley Fauvist

1930's Modernist Oil Painting Paris Rooftops Hazel Guggenheim Mckinley Fauvist

By Hazel Guggenheim McKinley

Located in Surfside, FL

She was part of a regional art scene that included Ida Kohlmeyer, George Rodrigue, Noel Rockmore and Hunt Slonem. Towards the end of her life while confined to bed, her last works we...

Category

1930s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Pillow Painting, Pop Art Screenprint by Hunt Slonem 1980

Pillow Painting, Pop Art Screenprint by Hunt Slonem 1980

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Long Island City, NY

This serigraph was created by contemporary American artist Hunt Slonem. Slonem is best known for his Neo-Expressionist paintings and bright tropical palette, and his subject matter o...

Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Carlton- yellow gestural bunny by Hunt Slonem

Carlton- yellow gestural bunny by Hunt Slonem

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Ketchum, ID

Gestural bunny painting by Hunt Slonem. Painting: 10 x 8 inches Framed: 14 x 12 inches New York painter, Hunt Slonem is best known for his Neo –Expressionist paintings of bunnie...

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

"Hawk Head Parrot, " 1986, by Hunt Slonem, acrylic on canvas
"Hawk Head Parrot, " 1986, by Hunt Slonem, acrylic on canvas

"Hawk Head Parrot, " 1986, by Hunt Slonem, acrylic on canvas

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Abilene, TX

This vivid acrylic painting triptych by Hunt Slonem features three hawk head parrots. One is bright red with green wings and the other two are dark black and blue with red wings.

Category

1980s American Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Hunt Slonem "Silver Duet" Neoexpressionist Bunnies Oil On Wood
Hunt Slonem "Silver Duet" Neoexpressionist Bunnies Oil On Wood

Hunt Slonem "Silver Duet" Neoexpressionist Bunnies Oil On Wood

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Baltimore, MD

About the artist: Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo- expressionist style.

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint, Oil

Hunt Slonem Large Original Acrylic Painting Wood Sculpture Macaws Birds Signed
Hunt Slonem Large Original Acrylic Painting Wood Sculpture Macaws Birds Signed

Hunt Slonem Large Original Acrylic Painting Wood Sculpture Macaws Birds Signed

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Bloomington, MN

You do not want to miss this original painting and sculpture, by the master of modern art, Hunt Slonem. Hunt Slonem (1951 - ): A Neo-Expressionist who is infamous for inserting real...

Category

1990s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Hunt Slonem Original Painting Wood Sculpture Birds Toucans Parrot Signed Artwork
Hunt Slonem Original Painting Wood Sculpture Birds Toucans Parrot Signed Artwork

Hunt Slonem Original Painting Wood Sculpture Birds Toucans Parrot Signed Artwork

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Bloomington, MN

You do not want to miss this original painting and sculpture, by the master of modern art, Hunt Slonem. Hunt Slonem (1951 - ): A Neo-Expressionist who is infamous for inserting real...

Category

1990s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Hunt Slonem "Abraham Lincoln" Neoexpressionist Framed Oil on Canvas Painting
Hunt Slonem "Abraham Lincoln" Neoexpressionist Framed Oil on Canvas Painting

Hunt Slonem "Abraham Lincoln" Neoexpressionist Framed Oil on Canvas Painting

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Baltimore, MD

"Abraham Lincoln" is a framed oil painting on canvas by Hunt Slonem, depicting President Abraham Lincoln in black and white.

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

Balio by Hunt Slonem - orange gestural oil painting in vintage frame

Balio by Hunt Slonem - orange gestural oil painting in vintage frame

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Ketchum, ID

Orange gestural bunny painting in vintage frame by Hunt Slonem. Painting: 10 x 8 inches Framed: 20.5 x 18.5 inches New York painter, Hunt Slonem is best known for his Neo –Expre...

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Hunt Slonem "Conga" Neoexpressionist Bunnies Framed Oil on Wood Painting
Hunt Slonem "Conga" Neoexpressionist Bunnies Framed Oil on Wood Painting

Hunt Slonem "Conga" Neoexpressionist Bunnies Framed Oil on Wood Painting

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Baltimore, MD

"Conga" is a framed oil painting on wood by Hunt Slonem, depicting five of the artists' iconic bunnies painted in black on a lime green background in a wooden frame.

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint, Oil

Hunt Slonem "Untitled" Neoexpressionist Butterflies Framed Oil on Wood Painting
Hunt Slonem "Untitled" Neoexpressionist Butterflies Framed Oil on Wood Painting

Hunt Slonem "Untitled" Neoexpressionist Butterflies Framed Oil on Wood Painting

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Baltimore, MD

"Untitled" is a neo-expressionist framed oil on wood by Hunt Slonem depicting four white butterflies with a silver and gold background.

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint, Oil

Hunt Slonem "Cockatoos Citron" Neo-expressionist Framed Oil on Canvas Painting
Hunt Slonem "Cockatoos Citron" Neo-expressionist Framed Oil on Canvas Painting

Hunt Slonem "Cockatoos Citron" Neo-expressionist Framed Oil on Canvas Painting

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Baltimore, MD

"Cockatoos Citron" is a framed Neo-expressionist oil painting on canvas by Hunt Slonem depicting a large group of cockatoos emerging from a white background.

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

Hunt Slonem "Ocelots Nicaragua" Neo-Expressionist Animals Framed Oil on Canvas
Hunt Slonem "Ocelots Nicaragua" Neo-Expressionist Animals Framed Oil on Canvas

Hunt Slonem "Ocelots Nicaragua" Neo-Expressionist Animals Framed Oil on Canvas

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Baltimore, MD

"Ocelots Nicaragua" is an oil on canvas painting by Hunt Slonem, depicting a group of ocelots with 10 blue floating balls against a shimmering gold background.

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

Hunt Slonem "Pink Passion"  Neoexpressionist Bunnies Framed Oil on Wood Painting
Hunt Slonem "Pink Passion"  Neoexpressionist Bunnies Framed Oil on Wood Painting

Hunt Slonem "Pink Passion" Neoexpressionist Bunnies Framed Oil on Wood Painting

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Baltimore, MD

"Pink Passion" is a framed oil painting on canvas by Hunt Slonem, depicting two of the artists' iconic bunnies painted in black on a pink background in a wooden frame.

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint, Oil

Hunt Slonem "Afternoon" Neo-expressionist Bunny Framed Oil on Wood Painting
Hunt Slonem "Afternoon" Neo-expressionist Bunny Framed Oil on Wood Painting

Hunt Slonem "Afternoon" Neo-expressionist Bunny Framed Oil on Wood Painting

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Baltimore, MD

"Afternoon" is a framed oil painting on wood by Hunt Slonem, depicting one of the artists' iconic bunnies painted in black on a shimmering pink and gold background.

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint, Oil

Hunt Slonem "More Red" Neoexpressionist Framed Oil On Wood Bunny Painting
Hunt Slonem "More Red" Neoexpressionist Framed Oil On Wood Bunny Painting

Hunt Slonem "More Red" Neoexpressionist Framed Oil On Wood Bunny Painting

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Baltimore, MD

"More Red" is a framed oil painting on canvas by Hunt Slonem, depicting the artist's iconic singular bunny in black paint with a bright red background.

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint, Oil

Hunt Slonem "Late Date" Neoexpressionist Bunnies Framed Oil on Wood Painting
Hunt Slonem "Late Date" Neoexpressionist Bunnies Framed Oil on Wood Painting

Hunt Slonem "Late Date" Neoexpressionist Bunnies Framed Oil on Wood Painting

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Baltimore, MD

"Late Date" is a framed oil painting on canvas by Hunt Slonem, depicting two of the artists' iconic bunnies painted in black on a gold background in a wooden frame.

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint, Oil

Hunt Slonem "Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth" Neoexpressionist Framed Oil on Wood
Hunt Slonem "Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth" Neoexpressionist Framed Oil on Wood

Hunt Slonem "Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth" Neoexpressionist Framed Oil on Wood

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Baltimore, MD

"Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth" is an oil painting on wood by Hunt Slonem depicting Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022) in shades of blue.

Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint, Oil

Oleander
Oleander

Hunt SlonemOleander, 2022

Unavailable|$6,500

Oleander

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Ketchum, ID

Original oil on panel bunny painting by Hunt Slonem in antique frame.

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Abraham’s Peace Plan
Abraham’s Peace Plan

Abraham’s Peace Plan

By Hunt Slonem

Located in Lexington, KY

Blue, Green, and White Doves on silver metallic surface with scoring by Hunt Slonem.

Category

2010s Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

3 Play White Diamond

3 Play White Diamond

By Hunt Slonem

Located in New York, NY

Hunt Slonem is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker.

Category

2010s Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Other Medium

Oval

Hunt SlonemOval, 2023

Unavailable|$9,250

Oval

By Hunt Slonem

Located in New York, NY

Hunt Slonem is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker.

Category

2010s Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Resin, Plaster

2 Tulips

Hunt Slonem2 Tulips, 2023

Unavailable|$6,500

2 Tulips

By Hunt Slonem

Located in New York, NY

Hunt Slonem is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker.

Category

2010s Still-life Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Blue Boy

Hunt SlonemBlue Boy, 2023

Unavailable|$6,500

Blue Boy

By Hunt Slonem

Located in New York, NY

Hunt Slonem is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker.

Category

2010s Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Untitled

Hunt SlonemUntitled, 2020

Unavailable|$8,125

Untitled

By Hunt Slonem

Located in New York, NY

Hunt Slonem is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker.

Category

2010s Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Untitled

Hunt SlonemUntitled, 2014

Unavailable|$7,150

Untitled

By Hunt Slonem

Located in New York, NY

Hunt Slonem is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker.

Category

2010s Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

2 Red

Hunt Slonem2 Red, 2023

Unavailable|$6,500

2 Red

By Hunt Slonem

Located in New York, NY

Hunt Slonem is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker.

Category

2010s Still-life Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Fuller

Hunt SlonemFuller, 2023

Unavailable|$6,500

Fuller

By Hunt Slonem

Located in New York, NY

Hunt Slonem is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker.

Category

2010s Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Other Medium

Untitled

Hunt SlonemUntitled, 2023

Unavailable|$6,500

Untitled

By Hunt Slonem

Located in New York, NY

Hunt Slonem is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker.

Category

2010s Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Other Medium

New Idea Blue

New Idea Blue

By Hunt Slonem

Located in New York, NY

Hunt Slonem is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker.

Category

2010s Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Other Medium

Purple Diamond

Purple Diamond

By Hunt Slonem

Located in New York, NY

Hunt Slonem is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker.

Category

2010s Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Other Medium

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Hunt Slonem has mastered the art of repetition in his exuberant Neo-Expressionist paintings. Some of his favorite subjects are bunnies, butterflies and the tropical birds that live in the private aviary nestled within his 30,000-square-foot studio complex in Brooklyn, New York.

“I believe in repetition like a holy mantra or rosary,” Slonem 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’s depictions of birds — which are often rendered in thick, gestural brushstrokes and arranged in a loose grid — owe to a fascination with tropical avian life that he developed during a childhood spent in Hawaii and Nicaragua. Today, along with the aviary, his studio contains a personal garden, a collection of antiques and walls and walls of artworks.

“I am a collector of things. My primary focus is color and objects. I love to make them work in a space,” Slonem says. “Sometimes I define a space with color.”

Besides birds, Slonem has painted so many bunnies 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.

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