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 "Lawn Party" Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Lawn Party Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.25" x 12.25" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique Hunt...
Oil
$8,000
Jod Pur
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem. Oil on Wood Framed size: 14.5 x 12.5 inches Painting is framed, as seen in the images. Signed Verso, titled and dated. Please note that...
Wood, Oil
$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
$17,000
2 Score
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem. Oil on canvas, 2025 Signed Verso Bunnies by Hunt Slonem When Hunt Slonem enters his studio each morning, he warms up by painting bunnie...
Canvas, Oil
$8,750Sale Price|30% Off
Morphos (Original painting)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil on wood painting. Hand signed, titled and dated on verso by Hunt Slonem. Artwork size 10 x 8 inches. Frame size approx 16 x 14 inches. Artwork is in excellent condit...
Wood, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Owl Washington Trail" Original owl painting in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Owl Washington Trail Date: 2026 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Edition: Uniq...
Oil
$22,950
2 Duet
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. ...
Wood, Oil
Astralis XXI
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodmere, OH
Hunt Slonem's blown glass bunny series is a captivating collection that showcases the artist's signature playful aesthetic. Each piece is a one-of-a-kind creation, embodying both ele...
Blown Glass
$10,800
Silver Man
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 a black bunny against a silver background with light green and yello...
Wood, Oil
Hunt Slonem Colorful Bunny Oil Painting 'Evening'
By Hunt Slonem
Located in White Plains, NY
Available at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art. Hunt Slonem bunny oil painting 'Evening' 2023. Oil on wood, 10 x 8 in. / Frame: 16 x 14 in. This painting features Slonem's signature bunny outl...
Oil, Wood
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 "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
Silver Blue Ascension
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodmere, OH
This is an original work by world famous artist Hunt Slonem.
Oil
Amazons Studio
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodmere, OH
This is an original work by world famous artist Hunt Slonem.
Oil
$7,500
Tulips
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
Chinensis August Moon
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Hunt Slonem Chinensis August Moon, 2020 Oil on Canvas72 x 84 in (182.88 x 213.36 cm)
Oil
Totem Tuesday
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
4 Corners, 2018 - Hunt Slonem
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Porto, 13
"4 Corners", an oil on canvas work created by Hunt Slonem in 2018. This piece measures 152 x 152 cm (60 x 60 inches) and is in excellent, new condition. The artwork features a dense ...
Oil
First Place Chinenis
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
Abraham's Peace Plan
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodmere, OH
Doves and Butterflies on Scored Gold...Peace Plan
Oil
Hunt Slonem "4 Hombre" Gradient Diamond Dust Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "4 Hombre" Orange and Red Diamond Dust Bunnies A family of four rabbits in orange, red, yellow and purple Diamond Dust in a vintage frame Unframed: 21.5 x 16.5 inches Fr...
Glass, Resin, Oil, Panel
$52,900
Molucans XY
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
Hornbills 2004
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New Orleans, LA
A gorgeous early Hunt Slonem of birds in grisaille pallette titled "Hornbills"
Oil
Mixed Lories Bayou Casino St Marys
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem. Oil on Wood Framed size: 26.5 x 22.5 inches Painting is framed, as seen in the images. Signed Verso, titled and dated. Please note that...
Wood, Oil
Totem Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem. Oil on wood Framed size: 12.5 x 10.5 inches Painting is framed, as seen in the images. Signed Verso, titled and dated. Please note that ...
Oil, Wood
$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
"Violaceous" Bunny on Light Lavender 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 black bunny on a light lavender background with thick use of paint...
Oil, Wood Panel
$5,500
Saturia
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodmere, OH
In celebration of the Year of the Rabbit, Hunt Slonem’s iconic muse is revisited in timeless powder-coated aluminum. Each edition is signed, numbered, and comes with a certificate of...
Powder Coating
Alvero, State I
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 ...
Powder Coating
$10,800
Naples
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Hunt Slonem's "Naples" is a captivating piece featuring his signature black, gestural bunny set against a vivid, bright orange background. The bunny, rendered in bold, expressive bru...
Oil, Wood
Hunt Slonem "Hombre Heart" Orange Double Diamond Dust Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Hombre Heart" Orange Double Bunny A pair of rabbits gestured in red and orange on a matching Diamond Dust background in a vintage frame. Unframed: 14 x 14 inches Framed...
Resin, Oil, Panel
Charlene
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem. Oil & Acrylic w/ Diamond Dust on Wood Framed size: 14.5 x 12.5 inches Painting is framed, as seen in the images. Signed Verso, titl...
Wood, Oil
$30,000
Siddahs
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Fairfield, CT
Hunt Slonem is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He is best known for his Neo-Expressionist paintings of butterflies, bunnies, and his tropical birds, often based on a p...
Canvas, Oil
$19,500
"Grand Mott Mott" Multicolored Birds with 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 birds. The thick use of paint is greatly recognizable as he slathers on layer after layer of oil paint with multico...
Oil, Wood Panel
Hunt Slonem "Barnaly" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Bamaly Date: 2022 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 14.5" x 10.5" Framed Dimensions: 17.5" x 14" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Editio...
Oil
$18,000
Hunt Slonem IO Moths, Unique, Signed painting created for literary publication
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
Hunt Slonem IO Moths, 2009 Oil paint on canvas painting Hand Signed, titled and dated on the back; also bears artists original label Unique work Provenance: Created by Hunt Slonem e...
Oil, Board
Hunt Slonem Colorful Bunny Oil Painting 'Mauve'
By Hunt Slonem
Located in White Plains, NY
Hunt Slonem bunny oil painting 'Mauve', 2021. Oil and diamond dust on wood, 10 x 8 in. / Frame: 14.5 x 12.5 in. This painting features Slonem's sign...
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood
New Found Cockatoo Whisper, 2023 - Hunt Slonem
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Porto, 13
Oil painting by Hunt Slonem, created in 2023. The piece is in excellent condition, brand new, and measures 112 x 193 cm (44 x 76 inches). The painting features a grid of repeated coc...
Oil
$595
For Kevin: signed Toucan Drawing in hardback monograph: An Art Rich and Strange
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
Hunt Slonem For Kevin: signed Toucan Drawing in hardback monograph: An Art Rich and Strange Signed drawing done in ink on the title page of artist's book Ink drawing of a Toucan held...
Paper, Ink, Board, Offset
The Countess Xacha
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
Since 1977, Hunt Slonem has had more than 350 exhibitions at prestigious galleries and museums internationally. Globally, more than 250 museums include his work in their permanent co...
Canvas, Oil
$8,000
"Untitled" White Outline Bunny Black Background Diamond Dust 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 black background with thick white paint and then ...
Glass, Resin, Oil, Wood Panel
Hunt Slonem "Monty II" Unique Oil painting of bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Monty II Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 14" x 11" Framed Dimensions: 17.5" x 14.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Editio...
Oil
"Aqua" Black Outline Bunny on Aqua Blue 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 an Aqua blue background with thick use of paint. It...
Oil, Wood Panel
Violet Ascension Weaver
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodmere, OH
Black Outline / White Butterflies, Metallic Gold, Light Pink Scored
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Doubles" Original bunny painting in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Doubles Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique Hunt Slonem i...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Ted" Original bunny painting in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Ted Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 11" x 6" Framed Dimensions: 13.5" x 8.5" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique Hunt Slonem is...
Oil
"Cherry Bloom" Bunny on Pink 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 pink and white bunny on a cherry blossom pink background with thic...
Wood Panel, Oil, Resin, Glass
$16,250
"Hummingbirds Larkspeer" French Pink Background Oil Painting Wood Panel Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition Slonem's Hummingbirds. This piece depicts gestural figures of colorful Humming Birds on a light French Pink background with thick use of paint. It is housed i...
Oil, Wood Panel
Tall Totem Tuesday
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
A stunning verticle painting by renowned Artist Hunt Slonem. The artist's renowned, stylized depictions of rabbits take center stage, dancing across...
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
$46,500
Untitled
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Fairfield, CT
Hunt Slonem is a renowned painter known for producing Representational imagery and combining Abstract Expressionism. Slonem was born in Kittery, York County, ME. He attended Skowhega...
Oil
Hummingbirds Lupin
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
This painting is phenomenal example of Hunt Slonem's floral arrangements placed in a antique frame chosen by Hunt himself. Hunt Slonem's artistic trajectory has always been charact...
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Tulips" Multicolor Flower
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Tulips" Multicolor Flower on Blue Background A pair of tulips gestured in red, green and yellow on a blue background in a vintage frame Unframed: 10 x 8 inches Framed: ...
Oil, Panel
$44,750
"Constellation" White & Blue Butterflies w Silver Background Oil Painting Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful silver tone landscape. Slonem...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Her Majesty (Golden)" Original portrait in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Her Majesty (Golden) Series: Queen Date: 2022 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 18" x 14" Framed Dimensions: 20" x 16" Signature: Signed Ed...
Oil
$8,000
"Single Bloom" Red Tulip on Silver Background Oil Painting with Antique Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's newest series, Tulips. This piece depicts a gestural red Tulip on a silver background with thick use of paint. It is housed in a wonderful ...
Oil, Wood Panel, Mixed Media
Hunt Slonem "South Hampton" Black and Pink Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "South Hampton" 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 *Paintin...
Oil, 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
Hunt Slonem "White Diamond Profile" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: White Diamond Bunny Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood with diamond dust and acrylic Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14" x 12.5" Signat...
Oil
Double Bunny Chinensis
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem. Oil on canvas, 2026 Signed Verso Bunnies by Hunt Slonem When Hunt Slonem enters his studio each morning, he warms up by painting bunnie...
Canvas, Oil