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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Color Purple Diamond Dust
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 ...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$8,000
"Teal" Black Outline Bunny on Teal Blue Oil Painting on Panel in Antique 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 Teal Turquoise background with thick use of paint. ...
Oil, Wood Panel
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "Maxim" Single Black and White Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "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 ...
Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem "Whalen" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Whalen Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 20" x 16" Framed Dimensions: 24.5" x 20.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition:...
Oil
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "4 Hombre" Gradient Diamond Dust Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "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 1...
Glass, Resin, Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem "Doubles" Original oil painting of 2 bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Doubles Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on panel Unframed Dimensions: 14" x 18" Framed Dimensions: 18.5" x 22.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Editio...
Oil
White Bunny's Diamond Dust
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 ...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
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
Sharon &Richard, Oil on Wood, Painting, Signed, 10x8 in, framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
An original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem in oil on wood. Oil on Wood Signed verso, titled and dated Framed, 15.5 x 13.5 inches When Hunt Slonem enters his studio each morning,...
Wood, Oil
Bayou Teche St Mary's
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
250 American Flag & Bunnies
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 ...
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "All Saints" Purple and Red Diamond Dust Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "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 Frame...
Glass, Resin, Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "Violet Spring" Purple and Green Flower
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "Violet Spring" Purple and Green Flower A single violet gestured in purple, yellow and green on a matching background in a vintage frame Unframed: 10 x 8 in...
Oil, Panel
7 Birds Large Oil on Canvas, Neo-Expressionist, Framed, Signed, 1992
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 "Mason" Original oil painting of a bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Mason Date: 2026 Medium: Oil on panel Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 15.75" x 13.75" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition...
Oil
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "Coral" Black and Pink Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "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 *Pa...
Oil, Panel
Birth Island Northern Lights
By Hunt Slonem
Located in London, GB
Hunt Slonem Birth Island Northern Lights , 2020 Signed and dated on verso Oil on Canvas 177.8 x 236.2 cm Artist and collector Hunt Slonem is best known for huge Neo-Expressionist oi...
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 Oil Painting "Andrilla" Black and Blue Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "Andrilla" Black and Pink Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a dark blue background in a vintage frame Unframed: 8 x 6 inches Framed: 12.5 x 10.5 in...
Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem "True Blue 2" Original bunny painting in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: True Blue 2 Series: Bunnies Date: 2026 Medium: Oil, acrylic, plaster, resin, Diamond Dust on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: ...
Mixed Media, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Red Peace" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Red Peace Date: 2023 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 15" x 13" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Provena...
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
Hunt Slonem "Chinensis Assumption Parish" Bunnies, unique oil on canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Chinensis Assumption Parish Date: 2023 Medium: Oil on canvas Unframed Dimensions: 48" x 48" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: Unique H...
Oil
Butterfly & Guardians the Return
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Hunt Slonem Butterfly & Guardians the Return, 2020 Oil on Canvas72 x 84 in (182.88 x 213.36 cm)
Oil
Hombre in Pink Annapolis
By Hunt Slonem
Located in London, GB
Hunt Slonem Hombre in Pink Annapolis, 2021 Signed and dated on verso Oil on Canvas 182.9 x 213.4 cm Artist and collector Hunt Slonem is best known for huge Neo-Expressionist oil pai...
Oil, Canvas
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
Gold Flight, Oil Painting on Wood, Framed, Butterflies, 2025
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem. Oil on wood Painting is framed, as seen in the images. Framed dimension 14 x 12 inches Signed Verso, titled and dated. Please note that H...
Wood, 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
$44,750
"Weeping Ascension" Butterflies on Blue & 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-blue tone landscape. S...
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "2 Blue Diamond Dust" Bunny Couple
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "2 Blue Diamond Dust" Bunny Couple A pair of rabbits gestured in blue and white on a dark blue Diamond Dust background in a vintage frame Unframed: 14.5 x 1...
Glass, Resin, Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "Happy Camper" Black and White Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "Happy Camper" Black and White Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a white and grey background in a vintage frame Unframed: 8 x 6 inches Framed: 12.5...
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 "Randy" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Randy Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: Uniq...
Oil
2 Butterflies, Oil Painting on Wood, Framed, Signed, Post-Modern
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
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "Wave" Blue Diamond Dust Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "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: ...
Glass, Resin, Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "Golden Bunny" Black and Gold Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "Golden Bunny" Black and Gold Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a gold background in a vintage frame Unframed: 8 x 6 inches Framed: 14 x 12 inches ...
Oil, Panel
$48,250
"Nocturne (Hutch) Diamond Dust" White Bunnies & Black 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, Glass, Oil
"Cabbage Patch Butterflies" Periwinkle Blue Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts two delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful periwinkle blue landscape...
Oil, Wood Panel
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 "Mandy" painting of a bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Mandy Date: 2026 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 12" x 10" Framed Dimensions: 17.75" x 15.75" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition...
Oil
$17,000
"White Field" Black Butterflies on Cloud White Background with Antique Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts white delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful cloud white landscape. ...
Oil, Wood Panel
Hunt Slonem "Lincoln with Stripes" Original portrait in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Date: 2026 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 20" x 16" Framed Dimensions: 26" x 22" Signature: Signed Edition: ...
Oil
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "Summer Time" Black and Green Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "Summer Time" 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 in...
Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "Sky Tower" Black and Blue Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "Sky Tower" Black and Blue Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a blue background in a vintage frame Unframed: 8 x 6 inches Framed: 12.5 x 10.5 inches...
Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "Untitled" Pink Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "Untitled" Pink Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a light pink background in a vintage frame Unframed: 10 x 8 inches Framed: 14.5 x 12.5 inches *Pa...
Oil, Panel
Monday Peace Plan
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 ...
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "Manor" Pink Diamond Dust Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "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 ...
Glass, Resin, Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "Red 2" Black and Red Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "Red 2" Black and Red Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a red background in a vintage frame Unframed: 8 x 6 inches Framed: 13 x 11 inches *Painting...
Oil, Panel
$8,000
Wings
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 ...
Wood, 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
$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
$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...
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "Tinsely" Black and Yellow Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "Tinsely" Black and Yellow Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a yellow background in a vintage frame Unframed: 8 x 6 inches Framed: 12.5 x 10.5 inch...
Oil, Panel
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
Hornbills 2004
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New Orleans, LA
A gorgeous early Hunt Slonem of birds in grisaille pallette titled "Hornbills" 2004
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 Oil Painting "Slidel" Black and Red Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "Slidel" Black and Red Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a red background in a vintage frame Unframed: 8 x 6 inches Framed: 12.5 x 10.5 inches *Pai...
Oil, Panel
$25,000
New Wave
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 ...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Mercy Catelayas
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 ...
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Mellow Yellow" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Mellow Yellow Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Panel Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Uniqu...
Oil