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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$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 "Pink Panther" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Pink Panther Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 15" x 13" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition...
Oil
$8,000
"Blue For You" Black Outline Bunny on Turquoise Oil Painting in Victorian Frame
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 Turquoise blue background with thick use of paint...
Oil, Wood Panel
Hunt Slonem "Charlotte" Unique Oil Painting of a Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Charlotte Date: 2025 Medium: Oil & Acrylic w/ Diamond Dust on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Si...
Mixed Media, 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 "Hoot 4" Owl
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Hoot 4 Series: Birds Date: 2023 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Edition: Uni...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Sulphurs & Cabbage Patch Butterflies" Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Sulphurs & Cabbage Patch Butterflies Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 20" x 16" Framed Dimensions: 25.5" x 21.5" Signature: Sign...
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
Hunt Slonem "Hutch Trio Metallics" Original painting of bunnies in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Hutch Trio Metallics Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on canvas Unframed Dimensions: 30" x 40" Framed Dimensions: 32" x 42" Signature: Signed Edition: Uniqu...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Siddhas and Butterflies Play of Consciousness"
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Siddhas and Butterflies Play of Consciousness" Multicolor Faces and Butterflies Pink, yellow, blue and white butterflies and Siddha faces on a gold scored background Unf...
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem, "White Field", 28x23 Colorful Textured Butterfly Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Renowned artist Hunt Slonem's "White Field" is a 28x23 colorful white background oil painting on wood board of contemporary abstract butterflies in blue, yellow, green, red, pink, an...
Oil, Board
Hunt Slonem "Bouganvilla" Original bunny painting in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Bouganvilla Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique Hunt ...
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
Pillow Jungle, 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...
Screen
Hunt Slonem "Midnight Blue" Single Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Midnight Blue" Single Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a dark blue background in a vintage frame Unframed: 8 x 6 inches Framed: 10.5 x 8.5 inches *Painting is...
Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem "Emerald Isle" Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Emerald Isle Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 30" x 24" Framed Dimensions: 33" x 27" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Editio...
Oil
$8,000
"Rose of Lima" Black Outline Bunny on French Rose 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 a gestural figure of a black bunny on a french rose background with thick use of paint. I...
Oil, Wood 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
Hunt Slonem "Blue Ascension Cleo" Painting of Butterflies in oil on canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Blue Ascension Cleo Series: Butterflies Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on canvas Unframed Dimensions: 48" x 48" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Editi...
Oil
Manassas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodmere, OH
Hunt Slonem is a celebrated American artist known for his neo-expressionist paintings of bunnies, birds, and butterflies—motifs that reflect his deep connection to nature, spirituali...
Wood, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Maxim" Single Black and White Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Maxim" Single Black and White Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a white background in a vintage frame Unframed: 10 x 8 inches Framed: 13.5 x 11.5 inches *Paint...
Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem "Quantum Leap" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Quantum Leap Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 16" x 11" Framed Dimensions: 20.5" x 15.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Ed...
Oil
$35,750
Vibrant Silver Painting with Butterflies 'Silver Ascension Tues' by Hunt Slonem
By Hunt Slonem
Located in White Plains, NY
"Silver Ascension Tues' 2021 by Hunt Slonem. Oil on canvas, 40 x 40 in. This vibrant silver painting by Hunt Slonem features an array of butterflies along with his signature cross ha...
Oil, Canvas
Hunt Slonem "Abraham Lincoln" Portrait
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Abraham Lincoln Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 20" x 16" Framed Dimensions: 24" x 20" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edi...
Oil
Vibrant Floral Painting 'Catelayas Of Hawaii' by Hunt Slonem
By Hunt Slonem
Located in White Plains, NY
'Catelayas Of Hawaii' 2021. Signed, titled, and dated to the verso This painting features a vibrant depiction of catelaya flowers and colors of purple, blue, orange, and white. Co...
Wood, Oil
Hunt Slonem "3 Blooms" Original floral painting in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: 3 Blooms Date: 2026 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique Hunt Slonem ...
Oil
Startled
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
Hunt Slonem's artistic trajectory has always been characterized by a deep exploration of spiritual themes. His use of repetition in form—particularly with his beloved bunnies—serves ...
Oil, Wood
"Red Butterflies, 1998" Large Textured Abstract Oil Painting Metallic Gold
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Austin, TX
Canvas Size: 36 x 48 inches. Hand Signed, dated, inscribed on verso. The iconic and wildly popular works of Hunt Slonem are a the essence of lavishness and luxury. They are inspire...
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Moreover" Black and White Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Moreover" Black and White Butterflies Two butterflies gestured in black on a white background in a vintage frame Unframed: 10 x 8 inches Framed: 14.5 x 12.5 inches *Pai...
Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem "Blue Cry" Original bunny painting in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Blue Cry Series: Bunnies Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed by Artist...
Oil
Ebu, Pop Art Screenprint by Hunt Slonem, 1981
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...
Screen
Hunt Slonem "Daisy (A)" Floral
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy (A) Series: Floral Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed by Artist...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Untitled" Pink Diamond Dust Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Untitled" Pink Diamond Dust Bunnies Multiple bunnies gestured in pink on a pink Diamond Dust resin background Unframed Hunt Slonem is a well-renowned American artist kn...
Canvas, Resin, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Veil" Red Diamond Dust Glitter Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Veil" Red Diamond Dust Glitter Bunny A rabbit gestured in red on a matching background in a vintage frame Unframed: 10 x 8 inches Framed: 15 x 13 inches *Painting is fr...
Glass, Resin, Glitter, Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem "Totem Swirl Bellingham" Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Totem Swirl Bellingham Series: Butterflies Date: 2023 Medium: Oil on canvas Unframed Dimensions: 48" x 48" Framed Dimensions: 50" x 50" Signature: ...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Daisy" Floral
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Series: Floral Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on ...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Haze" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Haze Series: Bunnies Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14" x 12" Signature: Signed by Artist on Vers...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Mark" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Mark Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 15" x 13" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: Uniqu...
Oil
$36,000
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
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Deep Green" Unique Oil Painting of a Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Deep Green Date: 2025 Medium: Oil & Acrylic w/ Diamond Dust on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: S...
Oil, Mixed Media
Hunt Slonem "Red Clover" Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Red Clover Date: 2023 Medium: Oil on Panel Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Prove...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Red Sea Division" Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Red Sea Division Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on canvas Unframed Dimensions: 30" x 30" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: Unique Hunt Slonem ...
Oil
Lobster, Pop Art Screenprint by Hunt Slonem
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hunt Slonem Title: Lobster Year: 1980 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250; AP 30 Image: 19 x 19 inches Paper Size: 22 x 30 inches
Screen
Hunt Slonem "Harvest Moon" Unique Oil Painting of a Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Harvest Moon 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...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Starry Night" Blue and Gold Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Starry Night" Blue and Gold Butterflies Multiple butterflies gestured in blue and white on a metallic background in a vintage frame. Unframed: 26 x 21 inches Framed: 30...
Oil, Panel
White Ascension House of God
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hunt Slonem, American, included in 250+ museum collections Unique oil on canvas painting, signed and dated verso Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned fo...
Gold Leaf
Hunt Slonem "Timothy" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Timothy Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 15" x 13" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: Un...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "New Dawn Glisten" Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: New Dawn Glisten Date: 2024 Medium: Oil & Acrylic w/ Diamond Dust on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 15" x 19" Framed Dimensions: 18.5" x 22.5" Signat...
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
CHL 0820
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
This whimsical and sophisticated painting was realized by the esteemed contemporary painter, Hunt Slonem in 2014. It presents a stylized rabbit in profile, rendered with loose and ex...
Canvas, Acrylic
Black and White Bunny Painting 'White Diamond Dust (Hutch)'
By Hunt Slonem
Located in White Plains, NY
'White Diamond Dust (Hutch)' 2021 by Hunt Slonem. Oil and acrylic with diamond dust on canvas, 40 x 40 in. This painting features a hutch of bunnies, painted in black and white. The ...
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
$50,000
Migration
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hunt Slonem, American, included in 250+ museum collections Unique oil on canvas painting, signed and dated verso Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned fo...
Canvas, 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
$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
Untitled
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
A rabbit outlined in pigmented blue oil paint is the subject of this painting by Hunt Slonem. This work comes framed in an artist-selected vintage style example, adding character and...
Oil, Canvas
Hunt Slonem "White Bunny" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: White Bunny Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 16" x 12" Framed Dimensions: 20.5" x 16.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edi...
Oil
$8,000
"Viola" Outline Bunny on Gradient Red & Purple 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 bunny on an ombre red and purple resin and diamond dust background...
Glass, Resin, Oil, Wood Panel
Hunt Slonem "Pale Blue Pose" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Pale Blue Pose Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique
Oil
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...
Oil, Wood
Hunt Slonem "Squirrel Monkey" Monkey
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Squirrel Monkey Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14" x 12" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edit...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Afternoon" Black and Blue Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Afternoon" Black and Blue Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a light blue background in a vintage frame Unframed: 10 x 8 inches Framed: 14.5 x 12.5 inches *Pain...
Oil, Panel