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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$39,500
Bromeliad
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Lexington, KY
This early Hunt Slonem interior piece was painted in 1977. In 1980, they published an edition of 250 serigraphs of this painting. The large scale is a perfect focal point for any roo...
Oil
Wine Bottles and Fruit on Table
By Zygmund Jankowski
Located in Gloucester, MA
Zygmund Jankowski (1925–2009) painted traditional subjects with exuberant irreverence for traditional rules of color, composition, and perspective. He disparaged imitation and deligh...
Canvas, Oil
$2,961
H 19.3 in W 16.15 in D 1.97 in
Home- 21st Century Contemporary Dutch Flower Still-life Painting with Roses
By Keimpe van der Kooi
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Keimpe van der Kooi Home 49 x 41 cm Framed: 54x 46 cm ( This frame is included) Oil on wood panel This Painting is made by Dutch Artist Keimpe van der Kooi. He likes to paint still...
Oil, Wood Panel
$1,027
H 40.16 in W 33.86 in D 1.97 in
Large Canadian 20thC Oil Painting Still Life Of Irises Flowers - French Painter
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist: André Bertounesque (1937-2005) French Title: "Cut Iris Flower on A Windowsill" Medium: oil on board Size: 106cm x 85cm inclusive of frame Notes: Born in Saint Livrarde Franc...
Oil
$875
H 12 in W 12 in
Marguerite, Painting, White Flowers, Yellow, Mothers Day, Vase, Oil painting
By Betty Ball
Located in Riverdale, NY
Marguerite by Betty Ball is part of her Flower series. It is Oil on Linen, 12x12. It is framed to 13.5 x 13.5 It is $875. It is a beautiful group of flowers in a vase with water....
Oil
Pepperonia
Located in San Francisco, CA
Alejandro Rubio Pepperonia, 2021 Oil on canvas 20 x 16 inches Inspired by Uruguayan artist Joaquín Torres García, Alejandro Rubio’s meticulous attention to the formal elements of pa...
Canvas, Oil
$5,500
H 40 in W 30 in D 2 in
Arezzo Garden Square - Yellow Red Chrysanthemum Flowers Fruit Still Life, 2019
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary still life painting in oil on canvas, a clear glass vase holds bright lush chrysanthemum blossoms in coral red and pink beside orange and yellow fruits in a frui...
Canvas, Oil
$875
H 12 in W 12 in
Blue Poppies, Blue, Poppies, Painting, Flowers, Mothers Day, Vase, Oil painting
By Betty Ball
Located in Riverdale, NY
Blue Poppies by Betty Ball is part of her Flower series. It is Oil on Linen, 12x12. It is framed to 13.5 x 13.5 It is $875. It is a beautiful group of flowers in a vase with wate...
Oil
$875
H 12 in W 12 in
Anemone Spring, Oil Painting, White, Flowers, Red, pink, Purple, Mothers Day
By Betty Ball
Located in Riverdale, NY
Anemone Spring by Betty Ball is part of her Flower series. It is Oil on Linen, 12x12. It is framed to 13.5 x 13.5 It is $875. It is a beautiful group of colorful flowers in a vas...
Oil
$3,200
H 24 in W 18 in D 1.75 in
Watervale Yellow - Contemporary Still Life Red Flowers Kitchen Window, 2024
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in oil on canvas, a bright and inviting interior scene is set with a still life arrangement of red and yellow flowers in a green glass vase, beside a pa...
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Settee
By Zygmund Jankowski
Located in Gloucester, MA
Zygmund Jankowski (1925–2009) painted traditional subjects with exuberant irreverence for traditional rules of color, composition, and perspective. He disparaged imitation and deligh...
Canvas, Oil
$4,800
H 30 in W 30 in D 1.75 in
Assam - Contemporary Oil Painting Dining Room Fruit Flowers Still Life, 2021
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary oil painting on canvas, there is a peaceful interior scene with a still life arrangement of two white pitchers, and delicate lilac and red flowers in a clear gla...
Canvas, Oil
$9,700
H 48 in W 52 in D 1.25 in
Flying Aster - Contemporary Still Life Yellow Fruit Botanical Red Blue, 2024
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary oil painting on canvas, a dining room interior scene is vibrant and colorful with an arrangement of flowers in a painted vase next to blue and white China teapot...
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Diamonds" Blue Diamond Dust Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Diamonds" Blue Diamond Dust Bunnies White Bunnies on a deep blue diamond dust background Unframed: 60 x 70 inches. *Painting is unframe...
Canvas, Oil