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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Hunt Slonem "Snow Cloud Bunnies" Bunnies, Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Snow Cloud Bunnies Series: Bunnies Date: 2025 Medium: Lithograph on Paper Unframed Dimensions: 16" x 24" Framed Dimensions: 22" x 29" x 1.25" Signa...
Lithograph
Hunt Slonem "Forrest" Black and Green Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Forrest" Black and Green Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a green background in a vintage frame Unframed: 8 x 6 inches Framed: 12.5 x 10.5 inches *Painting is...
Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem "Abraham Lincoln" Original portrait in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Abraham Lincoln Date: 2021 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 20" x 16" Framed Dimensions: 23" x 19" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique Hunt...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Lory" Original bird painting in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Lory Series: Birds Date: 2021 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 12" x 10" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso ...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "3 in Pink Believe" Original bunny painting in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: 3 in Pink Believe Series: Bunnies Date: 2026 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 16" x 20" Framed Dimensions: 18" x 22" Signature: Signed by ...
Oil
$8,000
"Daisy" White with Yellow Flowers on a Lime Green 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 a gestural Daisy on a lime green background with thick use of paint. Inspired by nature and a ge...
Oil, Wood Panel
$17,500
"Owls Tatiana" Two Owl Birds with Golden Background Oil Painting on Wood Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of owls. The thick use of paint is greatly recognizable as he slathers on layer after layer of oil paint with deep red...
Oil, Wood Panel
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Hunt Slonem "Blue Celeste Bunnies" Bunnies, Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Blue Celeste Bunnies Series: Bunnies Date: 2025 Medium: Lithograph on Paper Unframed Dimensions: 24" x 16" Framed Dimensions: 29" x 22" x 1.25" Sig...
Lithograph
$145,000
Hunt Slonem Dane Blue Bunny Monumental 10' Mosaic Glass Sculpture Installation
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Hunt Slonem Title: Dane Medium: Glass Mosaic Sculpture Size: 122" High x 40" Wide x 43" Deep Year: 2022 Signature: Hand etched signature by Hunt Slonem Documentation: Include...
Glass
Hunt Slonem "Glaze" Original bunny painting in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Glaze Series: Bunnies Date: 2026 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 16.5 " x 14.5 " Signature: Signed by Artist ...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Rex" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Rex Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14" x 12" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: Unique...
Oil
$245,000
Hunt Slonem "Silver Ascension Melting" Butterflies on Metallic Blue Background
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Silver Ascension Melting" Butterflies on Metallic Blue Background A group of butterflies on a textured silver background Canvas 93 x 134 inches Unframed (framing options...
Canvas, Oil
"21" Black Outline Bunny on Wild Orchid Pink Background Oil Painting 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 Wild Orchid Pink background with thick use of pai...
Oil, Wood Panel
$18,000
"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...
Canvas, Oil
$10,800
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...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Silver Ascension Travel Tomorrow" Blue and Silver Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Silver Ascension Travel Tomorrow" Blue and Silver Butterflies Multiple butterflies on a textured, reflective metallic background Unframed Hunt Slonem is a well-renowned...
Canvas, Oil
$8,000
"Amethyst" Light Purple Bunny on Purple Background Oil Painting on Wood Panel
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 light purple bunny on a Purple background with thick use of paint ...
Glass, Resin, Oil, Wood Panel
$10,500
"Orange Pair" Double Bunnies on Orange Background 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 2 gestural figures of black bunnies on a bring orange background with thick use of paint....
Oil, Wood Panel
Hunt Slonem "Home Run" Bunnies on Gold
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Home Run" Bunnies on Gold A rabbit couple gestured in black on a white and metallic background in a vintage frame Unframed: 17.5 x 21 inches Framed: 26 x 29.5 x 3.5 inc...
Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem "Blue Finches (Cordon Bleau)" Original painting of birds in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Blue Finches (Cordon Bleau) Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on canvas Unframed Dimensions: 40" x 30" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique Hunt Slonem is an in...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Bayou Lafouche (Madewood)" Original landscape painting in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Bayou Lafouche (Madewood) Series: Landscapes (Bayous) Date: 2026 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 22" x 28" Framed Dimensions: 25.5" x 31.5...
Oil
$22,000
Bayou Teche
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Hunt Slonem Bayou Teche, 2025 Oil on Wood 22 x 34 in (55.88 x 86.36 cm) Framed: 26 x 38 in
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Red" Black and Red Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Red" Black and Red Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a dark red background in a vintage frame Unframed: 8 x 6 inches Framed: 12.5 x 10.5 inches *Painting is fr...
Oil, Panel
$43,415
"Regines Black Diamond" White Bunnies on Monochrome Diamond Dust Oil on Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts white gestural figures of Bunnies against a black diamond dust background. Slonem traces ...
Canvas, Oil, Glass
Hunt Slonem "Pink Double" Monkey Couple
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Pink Double" Monkey Couple A monkey couple gestured in black and white on a pink background in a vintage frame Unframed: 10 x 8 inches Framed: 14.5 x 12.5 inches *Paint...
Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem "Grass Keets Blues" Birds
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Grass Keets Blues Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 13" x 11" Framed Dimensions: 15" x 13" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso E...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Purple Pasture" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Purple Pasture Series: Bunnies Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed by ...
Oil
$5,500
Hunt Slonem Elephant Hawk Moth Hand Blown Glass Bunny Contemporary Art Sculpture
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Hunt Slonem Title: Elephant Hawk Moth Medium: Hand Blown Glass Size: Approximately 14" x 8" x 8" Edition: Original Inscription: Signed Year: 2023 Condition: Excellent Quality...
Blown Glass
Hunt Slonem "Stuart" Original bunny painting in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Stuart Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique Hunt Slone...
Oil
$2,320Sale Price|20% Off
Hunt Slonem "White Bunnies I" Lithograph (print)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: White Bunnies I Series: Bunnies Date: 2017 Medium: Lithograph on Paper Unframed Dimensions: 24" x 16" Framed Dimensions: 29" x 22" x 1.25" Signatur...
Lithograph
"Mystic Jay" 7 Birds large oil on canvas 36x46 framed.
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Southampton, NY
Artist: Hunt Slonem (b. 1951) Title: “Mystic Jay” Year: 1992 Medium: Oil on canvas Image: One Steller’s jay (the “mystic jay,” top left), three magpies, and three toucans Dimensions:...
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Randy" Black and White Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Randy" 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...
Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem "John" Black and White Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "John" Black and White Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a white background in a vintage frame Unframed: 8 x 6 inches Framed: 10.5 x 8.5 inches *Painting is fra...
Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem "Tyler" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Tyler Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14" x 12" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: Uniq...
Oil
Hunt Slonem, "Finches on Gold", 24x36 Colorful Textured Bird Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Renowned artist Hunt Slonem's "Finches on Gold" is a 24x 36 colorful gold background oil painting on wood board of contemporary abstract finches in blue, yellow, green, red, pink, an...
Oil, Board
Hunt Slonem "Catalayas and Orioles" Birds, Flowers and Guardians on White
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Catalayas and Orioles" Birds, Flowers and Guardians on White Multiple birds and orchid flowers on a white "Guardian" background Unframed Hunt Slonem is a well-renowned ...
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Blue Profile" Original bunny painting in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Blue Profile Date: 2026 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique Hunt...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Purple Haze" Original bunny painting in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Purple Haze Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood with acrylic & diamond dust Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Si...
Oil, Mixed Media
Hunt Slonem "Janet" Original bunny painting in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Janet Date: 2026 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique Hunt Slonem...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Max" Original bunny painting in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Max Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique Hunt Slonem is an...
Oil
$14,000
"Cardinal Virginia" Red Cardinals on White Background Oil Painting on Wood Panel
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition Slonem's Macaws. This piece depicts gestural figures of colorful Cardinals on a white background with thick use of paint. Inspired by nature and a genuine lov...
Oil, Wood Panel
$8,000
"Glisten Series" Bunny on Colorful Diamond Dust Background Oil Painting 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 white bunny on a colorful background with thick use of paint. Insp...
Wood Panel, Oil, Resin, Glass
Hunt Slonem "Manor" Pink Diamond Dust Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Manor" Pink Diamond Dust Bunny A single rabbit gestured in pink and white on a matching background in a vintage frame Unframed: 10 x 8 inches Framed: 15 x 13 inches *Pa...
Glass, Resin, Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem "Blue Diamond Lil" Original bunny painting in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Blue Diamond Lil Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood with acrylic & diamond dust Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature...
Mixed Media, Oil
$8,000
"Cause of Our Joy" Black Outline Bunny on Silver Background Oil Painting 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 silver background with thick use of paint. Inspir...
Wood Panel, Mixed Media, Oil
$14,000
"Hibiscus Honolulu 1961" Hummingbirds French Pale Green Background Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition Slonem's Hummingbirds. This piece depicts gestural figures of colorful Humming Birds and hibiscus flowers on a light pale green background with thick use of p...
Oil, Wood Panel
Hunt Slonem "Winter" Original bunny painting in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Winter Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique Hunt Slone...
Oil
$8,000
"Untitled" Yellow Diamond Dust Bunny & Resin 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 light yellow bunny on a yellow background with thick use of paint ...
Glass, Resin, Oil, Wood Panel
$39,500
Bromeliad
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Lexington, KY
This early Hunt Slonem interior piece was painted in 1977. In 1980, they published an edition of 250 serigraphs of this painting. The large scale is a perfect focal point for any roo...
Oil
Madagascar Swallowtail, Oil Painting on Wood, Framed, Signed, 22x18 in
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem. Oil on Wood Framed size: 31 x 27 inches Painting is framed, as seen in the images. Signed Verso, titled and dated. Please note that Hun...
Oil, Wood
$50,750
Hunt Slonem "White Butterfly's Lakeside" Scored Butterflies on White Background
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "White Butterfly's Lakeside" Scored Butterflies on White Background Multicolor butterflies on a scored background in a vintage frame Unframed: 39.5 x 62.5 inches Framed:...
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Guardians Luna" Original butterflies painting in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Guardians Luna Series: Butterflies Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on canvas Unframed Dimensions: 30" x 36" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: U...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Yellow Field" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Yellow Field Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14" x 12" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Purple Lincoln" Portrait
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Purple Lincoln Series: Abraham Lincoln Date: 2023 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 20" x 16" Framed Dimensions: 23" x 19" Signature: Signe...
Oil
$12,000
Orange Abe
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Hunt Slonem Orange Abe, 2021 Oil on Wood18 x 14 in (45.72 x 35.56 cm) Framed 19.5 x 15.5 in
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Barbie" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Barbie Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14" x 12" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: Uni...
Oil
"The Gift" Black Outline Bunny on French Pink Background Oil Painting 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 French Pink background with thick use of paint. I...
Oil, Wood Panel
Hunt Slonem "Coral" Black and Pink Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Coral" Black and Pink Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a pink background in a vintage frame Unframed: 8 x 6 inches Framed: 12.5 x 10.5 inches *Painting is fra...
Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem Colorful Bunnies Oil Painting 'Chinensis The Mother'
By Hunt Slonem
Located in White Plains, NY
'Chinensis The Mother' by Hunt Slonem, 2021. Oil on canvas, 48 x 48 in. This painting features Slonem's signature bunnies outlined in black over swirling colors of silver, pink, orange, and blue. This novel ‘bunnies’ painting is influenced by the hustle and bustle, 24 hour a day, irradiant lights of New...
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Day Light" Original bunny painting in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Day Light Date: 2026 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique Hunt Sl...
Oil