Hunt Slonem Art
American, b. 1951
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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Artist: Hunt Slonem
Silk Road
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Silk Road
Series: Bunnies
Date: 2021
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 8" x 16"
Framed Dimensions: 16.5" x 24.5" x ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil
"Me" Black Bunny on Silver Background with Red Accents Oil Painting on 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 black Bunny on a silver background titled "Me" It is housed in a wonderful gol...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Purple Haze
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Purple Haze
Series: Bunnies
Date: 2021
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 27.5" x 23.5"
Framed Dimensions: 37.25" x 32.75"
Signature: Signed...
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2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil
Naranja
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Cleveland, OH
Amazon Parrot Birds on Orange with Scoring
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil
Macaws July
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Cleveland, OH
Multicolored Parrot Birds (Macaws) on Branches on Multicolored Surface
Category
2010s Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil
Single
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Single
Series: Bunnies
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 27" x 18"
Framed Dimensions: 35" x 26"
Signature: Signed by Artist on V...
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2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil
Chattering Lory
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Chattering Lory
Series: Birds
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 16.25" x 14.25"
Signature: Signed
Ed...
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2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil
Red Sea Jan
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Cleveland, OH
Multi Colored Butterflies on Gold background
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil
Hombre
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Cleveland, OH
Multi Colored Outline BUNNY / Multicolor Band
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil
Field Flutter
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Field Flutter
Series: Butterflies
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 15" x 13"
Signature: Signed
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2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil
"Pale" Black Bunny on Pale Green Background Oil Painting 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 green background with thick use of paint. Inspire...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Red
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Red
Series: Birds
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil
4 More
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: 4 More
Series: Butterflies
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 15" x 12"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil
Purple Heart
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Purple Heart
Series: Bunnies
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil & Acrylic w/ Diamond Dust on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 14" x 14"
Fra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Spice Bush
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Spice Bush
Series: Butterflies
Date: 2021
Medium: Oil on canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 40" x 30"
Framed Dimensions: 42" x 32"
Signature: Signed by Ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil
Untitled (Bunny Painting) - CHL 0330
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
This whimsical and sophisticated painting was realized by the esteemed contemporary painter, Hunt Slonem in 2016. It presents a stylized rabbit in profile, rendered with loose and ex...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Butch
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Butch
Date: 2020
Medium: Oil on panel
Unframed Dimensions: 11 x 8.5"
Framed Dimensions: 14 x 12"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil
Catelayas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Chicago, IL
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Catelayas
Series: Florals
Date: 2015
Medium: Oil on panel
Unframed Dimensions: 28" x 47"
Framed Dimensions: 30" x 49"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil
Untitled by Hunt Slonem
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Cleveland, OH
Untitled by Hunt Slonem
Black and White Butterflies on a Gold Background
Hunt Slonem is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker whose w...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pocahontas Pillow II, Pop Art Serigraph by Hunt Slonem
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hunt Slonem, American (1951 - )
Title: Pocahontas Pillow II
Year: 1980
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: AP 30
Size: 26 x 29 inches
Category
1980s Pop Art Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Screen
Untitled
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Fairfield, CT
oil on wood
Category
2010s Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
Pool
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Fairfield, CT
Oil on wood
Category
2010s Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
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 Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil, Wood
"Lobster, " Original Color Still Life Serigraph signed by Hunt Slonem
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Lobster" is an original color serigraph by Hunt Slonem. The artist signed and dated the piece lower right, wrote the title lower center, and the edition number (AP/2) in the lower left. This piece depicts a still life of patterned pillows, vegetables, and animals.
19"x 19"image
21 7/8"x 29 3/4"paper
31 1/2 x 31 1/2" frame
Hunt Slonem (born Hunt Slonim, July 18, 1951) is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He is best known for his Neo-Expressionist paintings of tropical birds, often based on a personal aviary in which he has been keeping from 30 to over 100 live birds of various species. Slonem's works are included in many important museum collections all over the world; he is exhibiting regularly at both public and private venues, and he has received numerous honors and awards.
Hunt Slonem’s oil paintings...
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Screen
Vienna
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Vienna
Series: Bunnies
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5"
Signature: Signed
Edition: U...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Untitled (Bunny)" Black Outline Bunny On White
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Untitled (Bunny)" Black Outline Bunny On White
Black outline bunny on a white background, in an antique frame
Unframed: 10 x 8 inches
Framed: 14 x 12 inches
Painting is...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil, Wood
Totem Fluffle
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Totem Fluffle
Series: Bunnies
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 48" x 48"
Framed Dimensions: 50" x 50"
Signature: Signed
Editio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil
Sunday in Park
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Sunday in Park
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 21" x 17.5"
Framed Dimensions: 26.5" x 22.5"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil
Now and Again
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Unique oil painting, artist's antique frame, signed verso, COA included
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil
Outdoor Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hunt Slonem, outdoor sculpture, metal and enamel
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Metal
Finches Green Singers
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hunt Slonem, oil on wood, artists antique frame
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem, Multi-colored Bird Oil painting, 'Finches'
By Hunt Slonem
Located in White Plains, NY
'Finches' by Hunt Slonem, 2022. Oil on canvas, 48 x 48 in. This painting features Slonem's signature finches in white, red, blue, and green on a white 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 Juan, Guatemala City, Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid, Stockholm, Oslo, Cologne, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. His work has been shown in thirty-one different museums including the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1981; the Museo Diocesano d'arte sacra Sant'Apollonia in Venice, Italy, in 1986; the Albany Museum of Art in Albany, Georgia, in 2007; the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2007; Museo de Arte de El Salvador in San Salvador...
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2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pink Ascension Alone
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Pink Ascension Alone
Series: Butterflies
Date: 2021
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 48" x 48"
Framed Dimens...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil
New Mexico
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hunt Slonem
New Mexico, 2022
10 x 8 inches
Oil on wood
This piece is unique
Signed by artist
Framed
Currently on display at Art Angels Los Angeles
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
Bonnet
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hunt Slonem
Bonnet, 2022
10 x 8 inches
Oil on wood
This piece is unique
Signed by artist
Framed
Currently on display at Art Angels Los Angeles
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
Pink Ascension
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Pink Ascension
Series: Butterflies
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil on canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 48" x 48"
Signature: Signed
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil
Sulphers 2
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Sulphers 2
Series: Butterflies
Date: 2021
Medium: Oil on panel
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 15.5" x 13.5"
Signature: Signed by...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil
Kenni
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Hunt Slonem
Kenni, 2021
HandBlown Glass
11 x 5.50 x 6 in
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Blown Glass
Knowles
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Hunt Slonem
Knowles, 2021
Handblown Glass, Velvet, Ornate Wood Frame
27 x 17 x 9 in
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Wood, Blown Glass
Totem
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Totem
Series: Bunnies
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil on canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 48" x 48"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil
Untitled (Butterflies)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Untitled (Butterflies)
Series: Butterflies
Date: 2017
Medium: Oil on canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 72" x 84"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil
Summer Green with White Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Hunt Slonem
Summer Green with White Frame, 2020
Handblown Glass, Velvet, Ornate Wood Frame
27 x 17 x 9 in
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Blown Glass, Wood
White Butterflies (KFJ02982)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Montreal, Quebec
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, Nicarag...
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2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
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Oil, Wood
Untitled (EA00880)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Montreal, Quebec
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, Nicarag...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Wood
Fatal Attraction (EA01249)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Montreal, Quebec
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, Nicarag...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil, Wood
Tandra (CSR0981)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Montreal, Quebec
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, Nicarag...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil, Wood
Bayou LaFouche (EA02073)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Montreal, Quebec
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, Nicarag...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil, Wood
Bayou Teche (CSR2353)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Montreal, Quebec
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, Nicarag...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
Bayou La Touche Madewood (CSR2280)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Montreal, Quebec
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, Nicarag...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil, Wood
Red Butterfly
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful gold landscape. Slonem traces...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Purple Haze
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Summit, NJ
Gorgeous purple bunny by Hunt Slonem. Housed in a classic gold frame. Title "Purple Haze" and painted in 2018. Measures 15 high x 13 wide framed, 10 x 8 oil on wood unframed.
Category
2010s Abstract Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil
Bunny Wall
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Six paintings by Hunt Slonem, each oil on wood, diamond dust with artists frame (14x16 inches each)
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Art
Materials
Oil
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