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 "Daisy" Floral
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: ...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Major" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Major Series: Bunnies Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14" x 12" Signature: Signed by Artist on Ver...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Glisten X" Rainbow Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Glisten X" Rainbow Bunnies White diamond dust bunnies gestured on a rainbow resin background in a gold contemporary floating frame. Unframed: 34 x 26 inches Framed: 36....
Glass, Resin, Oil, Acrylic
Hunt Slonem "Cardinal" Bunny, unique oil painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Cardinal Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 12" x 10" Framed Dimensions: 18.5" x 16.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Editio...
Oil
Melrose Hutch
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodmere, OH
This is an original work by world famous artist Hunt Slonem.
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
Hunt Slonem "Ganeshpuri Gift" Original monkey painting in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Ganeshpuri Gift Date: 2026 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique H...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Hanuman II" Original monkey painting in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Hanuman II Date: 2026 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique Hunt S...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Queen of Bavaria" Original bird painting in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Queen of Bavaria Date: 2026 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique ...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Perky" Original bird painting in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Perky 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 "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 "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
Hunt Slonem Colorful Bunny Oil Painting 'Anthony'
By Hunt Slonem
Located in White Plains, NY
Hunt Slonem bunny oil painting 'Anthony' 2024. Oil on wood, 10 x 8 in. / Frame: 12 x 10 in. This painting features Slonem's signature bunny outlined in black over a white background. Includes a handpicked, antique wood frame. 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, El Salvador, in 2010; the National Gallery for Foreign Art in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 2010; the Alexandria Museum of Art in Alexandria, Louisiana in 2011, the Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland...
Oil, Wood
$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 "Tulip Mixed" Multicolor Flower
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Tulip Mixed" Multicolor Flower on Green Background A single tulip gestured in purple, red, white and yellow on a green background in a vintage frame Unframed: 10 x 8 in...
Oil, Panel
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 "Hanuman III" Monkey
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Hanuman III Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14" x 12" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition:...
Oil
Blue Side
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
Hunt Slonem "Daisy Garden" Floral
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Garden 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 "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 "Old Way" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Old Way Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14" x 12" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: Un...
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
Hunt Slonem "Trojan Two" Metallic Birds
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Trojan Two" Metallic Birds Quetzal and Trogon Birds gestured in red, green, yellow and purple on a white background with gold and silver. Unframed Hunt Slonem is a well...
Canvas, Oil
Butterflies in Flight
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
Hunt Slonem is a renowned painter celebrated for his singular naturalistic works, often infused with a touch of mysticism. His art seamlessly blends the fantastical with the natural ...
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
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 "Totem Fly" Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Totem Fly Date: 2022 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 22" x 33.5" Framed Dimensions: 23" x 34.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Editi...
Oil
Hunt Slonem, "Green Singers", 25x22 Pink Yellow Bird Finch Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Renowned artist Hunt Slonem's "Green Singers" is a 25 x 22 colorful oil painting on wood board of contemporary abstract yellow and orange finches outlined in black against a vibrant ...
Oil, Board
Hunt Slonem "Morgaya" Black and Pink Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Morgaya" 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 f...
Oil, Panel
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
$8,000
Hamburg
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 ...
Wood, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Wave" Blue Diamond Dust Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Wave" Blue Diamond Dust Bunny A rabbit gestured in white and blue on a matching Diamond Dust background in a vintage frame Unframed: 10 x 8 inches Framed: 16 x 14 inche...
Glass, Resin, Oil, Panel
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
Hunt Slonem "Violet" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Violet Series: Bunnies Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14" x 12" Signature: Signed by Artist on Ve...
Oil
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 "Golden Pond" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Golden Pond Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Hunt...
Oil
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 "All Saints" Purple and Red Diamond Dust Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "All Saints" Purple and Red Diamond Dust Bunny A single bunny gestured in different colors of Diamond Dust in an antique frame Unframed: 10 x 8 inches Framed: 15 x 13 in...
Glass, Resin, Oil, Panel
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 "Untitled" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Untitled Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14" x 12" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: U...
Oil
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
$30,500
Hunt Slonem, "Banked Banded" 30x40 Multicolored Stripe Bunny Rabbit Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Renowned artist Hunt Slonem's "Banked Banded" is a 30 x 40 multicolored oil painting on canvas of contemporary abstract bunny in white and diamond dust. The unique background featur...
Oil, Canvas
Hunt Slonem "Shiva (Albania)" Bird
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Shiva (Albania) Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Canvas Unframed Dimensions: 40" x 50" Signature: Signed verso Edition: Unique Hunt Slonem is a veteran t...
Oil
$62,000
Hunt Slonem "Lady Gouldians (Australia)" Multicolor Birds on White Background
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Lady Gouldians (Australia)" Multicolor Birds on White Background A group of finches in red, yellow and green with branches on a white background Canvas 50 x 70 inches Un...
Canvas, 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
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 "Monsoon Ganeshpuri" Birds
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Monsoon Ganeshpuri Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 28" x 20" Framed Dimensions: 34" x 26" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso ...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "The Scone" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: The Scone Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Editio...
Oil
$33,350
Red
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodmere, OH
Hunt Slonem (b. 1951) is an internationally celebrated American artist whose vibrant and instantly recognizable works have made him one of the most collectible contemporary painters ...
Oil, Acrylic
Amazons Studio
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodmere, OH
This is an original work by world famous artist Hunt Slonem.
Oil
$8,000
Madam X
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
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
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 "Rovers Bunny's" Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Rovers Bunny's Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 24.5" x 18" Framed Dimensions: 28.5" x 23" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Uniq...
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
$49,000
Ocelots
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist and collector Hunt Slonem is best known for huge Neo-Expressionist oil paintings of tropical birds based on his personal aviary. His lavishly colored canvases are populated wi...
Canvas, 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 "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
Hunt Slonem "Dove (Peace Plan)" Birds
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Dove (Peace Plan) Date: 2021 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 18.5" x 16.5" Framed Dimensions: 26" x 23" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: U...
Oil