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
Nick
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
This example of Hunt Slonem's most well-known motif comes complete with a lovely golden frame sourced by Hunt himself. Slonem's artistic trajectory has always been characterized by ...
Oil, Wood
Quantum Leap 4
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
This double-bunny painting is an excellent example of Hunt Slonem's art practice, set in a frame hand chosen by Hunt himself. Hunt Slonem's artistic trajectory has always been chara...
Oil, Wood
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
Ascension To The Heights Oil Painting on Canvas, Post-Modern, Signed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Not only bunnies: in this canvas Hunt Slonem portrays butterflies. The artist’s technique is immediately recognizable, as is his preference for vivid colors and assertive silhouettes...
Canvas, Oil
Blue Diamond Roanakoe, Painting, Oil on Wood, Framed, Signed
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, Acrylic
Morning Flight, Oil Painting on Wood, Framed, Butterflies, Signed, 2025
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem. Oil on wood white, yellow, purple, blue, green, red, orange butterflies on a scored gold background, framed. 2025 Painting is framed, as ...
Oil, Wood
Bayou Madewood (La Fouche) Oil Painting on Wood, Framed, Post-Modern
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. Dimensions of the artwork with the frame: 27 x 28.5 inches Signed Verso, Dated and...
Oil, Wood
Morphos Oil Painting on Canvas, Post-Modern, Signed, 2010s, Unframed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
An original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem. Oil on Canvas Signed verso, titled and dated
Oil, Canvas
Blue Diamond Dust Tuesday
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län
Signed, titled and dated on the back. Acquired directly from the artist. Free shipment worldwide Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct n...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
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
$8,000
Hombre
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem. Oil and diamond dust on wood Painting is framed, as seen in the images. Signed Verso, titled and dated. This exceptional piece belongs t...
Wood, Oil, Acrylic
2 Score, Bunnies Oil on Canvas Painting, Signed Verso, 24x20 in
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
Madison Flury, Butterfly Oil on Canvas Painting, Signed Verso, 24x20 in
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
$10,700
Big Blue
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
This painting of a single bunny represents Hunt Slonem's most widely recognizeable motif, set within a beautiful antique frame hand picked by Hunt himself. Hunt Slonem's artistic tr...
Oil, Wood
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
Bouganville, Oil on Wood Painting, Framed, Signed, 2026
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
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
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
Diamond Strip Painting, Oil and Diamond Dust on Wood, Framed, 2025
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem. Oil and diamond dust on wood Painting is framed, as seen in the images. Signed Verso, titled and dated. Please note that Hunt Slonem pai...
Wood, Oil, Acrylic
$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
Totem Bunny, Oil Painting on Wood, Framed, Post-Modern, 2025
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
$15,000
Hunt Slonem - Watercolor painting (Hand Signed 3x to an Andy Warhol muse) Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
Superb provenance: gifted by Hunt Slonem to Andy Warhol muse Monique Van Vooren. A unique work with a unique, personal inscription and historic provenance - hand signed three times. ...
Watercolor
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
$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
Double Bunny Chinensis, Oil on Canvas, Signed, 2026
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
$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
Mixed Lories Bayou Casino St Marys, Oil on Wood, Framed, Signed
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
$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
Price Upon Request
Hunt Slonem, Multi-colored Bird Oil painting, 'Finches'
By Hunt Slonem
Located in White Plains, NY
'Finches' by Hunt Slonem, 2022. Oil on canvas, 48 x 48 in. This painting features Slonem's signature finches in white, red, blue, and green on a white background. 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...
Oil, Canvas
$2,250Sale Price|71% Off
H 86.62 in W 70.87 in D 1.46 in
Large Horse Oil Painting. Contemporary Equestrian Oil Painting 220 x 180 cm
By Rubins J. Spaans
Located in ALP, ES
This large figurative oil painting is a reinterpretation of two paintings by John Vanderbank, A young gentleman riding a schooled horse, 1729 / Man on horseback, 1728. A unique oil p...
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil Crayon, Raw Linen, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Pencil
$836Sale Price|61% Off
H 21.66 in W 21.66 in D 1.38 in
French School Raging Bull V Oil painting Impressionist th century Original AUC
Located in Zofingen, AG
Raging Bull 5 NSWE Powerful bull running. Dripping creates movement. Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on old book pages on wooden frame 55x55cm ■■ 21,6x21,6 inch ⭐Sustainability⭐:...
Oil, Acrylic, Gesso, Mixed Media
$6,212
H 24.41 in W 30.32 in D 2.76 in
Oil painting“hunting scene with dogs and horse” circle of Alfred De Dreux 19th
By Alfred de Dreux
Located in Gavere, BE
Oil painting“hunting scene with dogs and horse” attr. to Alfred De Dreux 19th Oil on canvas, restored and cleaned in good condition. Very nice painting for hunting scene art...
Gold Leaf
$1,971Sale Price|44% Off
H 40.56 in W 78.75 in D 0.4 in
Fluid Nature Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Post-Modern Style, 2010+
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic on canvas Shipped rolled in a tube
Permanent Marker, Acrylic
ANIMAL PARADISE
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Shipped rolled in a tube, without frame! 5cm/2" extra of white edge around the painting surface Can make commissioned works_ -Specialist in large painting___ _intuitive painting, ...
Oil, Acrylic, Permanent Marker
NATURAL DIVERSITY
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic on canvas Shipped rolled in a tube I can do commissioned works
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
$238
H 20.08 in W 16.15 in D 0.79 in
Animals Friends Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Post-Modern, 2010-
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic on canvas framed, ready to hang
Permanent Marker, Acrylic
$14,950
H 23.5 in W 29.63 in D 3.5 in
A Fine Austrian/Russian Oil on Board "Charging Cossack Warriors on Horseback"
Located in LA, CA
Adolf Constantin Baumgartner Stoiloff (Austrian/Russian, 1850-1924) a fine oil on board "Charging Cossack Warriors on Horseback" ...
Gold Leaf
$418Sale Price|78% Off
H 15.75 in W 15.75 in D 1.46 in
Portrait PUG Dog - FRENCH SCHOOL - Where is my body?03 Chut les Barbizons! DOG
Located in Zofingen, AG
Portrait of a Pug _ dog. In the artistic world, animals have always been key protagonists in expressing the power and beauty of the wild. Artists often use animals as symbols to co...
Glue, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
$358
H 29.14 in W 24.41 in D 0.79 in
Artist Life Acrylic on Canvas, Post-Modern Style, 2010s
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic on canvas framed
Permanent Marker, Acrylic
$238
H 16.54 in W 12.6 in D 1.19 in
Animals Friends Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Post-Modern, 2010-
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic on canvas framed, ready to hang
Permanent Marker, Acrylic
$301Sale Price|74% Off
H 11.82 in W 11.82 in D 1.38 in
French School L'oeil qui ne contemple Impressionist century Cat Painting Indian
Located in Zofingen, AG
Citation : Si l'oeil ne contemple pas, l'oeil ne verra pas Animal - Closeup portrait of a cat Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on old book pages on wooden fram...
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
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H 13.75 in W 13.25 in D 1.5 in
“Untitled (Cropped Portrait), c. 1985” Hunt Slonem Oil on Canvas Signed American
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Yardley, PA
“Untitled (Cropped Portrait), c. 1985” by Hunt Slonem (American, b. 1951). A striking early painting by Slonem, created during a formative period when the he was developing the dist...
Oil, Canvas
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H 10 in W 8 in
Blue Bunny Scored, Painting, Oil on Wood, Framed, Post-Modern, 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 (35.6 × 30.5) Signed Verso, titled and dated. Plea...
Wood, Oil
4 Hutch
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem. Oil on wood, four bunnies bunnies. Painting is framed, as seen in the images. Dimensions of the artwork with the frame: 14.5 x 12.5 inche...
Wood, Oil
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...
Oil, Canvas
Passion
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
Candy
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 14.5 x12 inches Signed Verso, titled and dated. Please note that ...
Wood, Oil
Macaws
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 30 x 26 inches Signed Verso, titled and dated. Please note that H...
Wood, Oil
Treat
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. Dimensions of the artwork with the frame: 40,64 x 35,56 cm Signed Verso Please not...
Wood, Oil
'Silverado' Unique Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
'Silverado' is a signature gestural bunny painting by Hunt Slonem. The gestural bunny can be found throughout Slonem’s Neo-expressionist body of work. The background of this painting...
Wood, Oil
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H 29.5 in W 24.5 in
Hunt Slonem, "East Lake New" 29.5x24.5 Colorful Abstract Butterfly Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Renowned artist Hunt Slonem's "East Lake New" is a 29.5 x24.5 metallic silver scored oil painting on wood board of contemporary abstract colorful butterflies in oranges, blues, yello...
Oil, Board
Whoopie
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Fairfield, CT
Since 1977, Hunt Slonem has had more than 350 exhibitions at prestigious galleries and museums internationally. In 2010 there are shows in the Coral Springs Museum, Coral Springs, Fl...
Canvas, Oil
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H 25 in W 21 in D 2 in
"Jackie O" Neo-Expressionist Oil Painting in Blue Background on Wood Panel
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of Jackie O. The thick use of paint is greatly recognizable as he slathers on layer after layer of sky blue oil paint,...
Oil, Wood Panel