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 "Lemonade" Handblown Glass Bunny Sculpture, Edition 1/25, 2020
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
Hunt Slonem "Lemonade" Handblown Glass Bunny Sculpture, Edition 1/25, 2020. This item was purchased from a prominent NYC estate and is in excellent original condition. Signed on l...
Blown Glass
Hunt Slonem Metallic Signed Rabbit Painting - Original Artist Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in North Miami, FL
Metallic silver and gold background with vibrant red bunny outline, framed beautifully. SIGNED and dated 2014 Hunt Slonem is a renowned painter known for producing representationa...
Wood
Hunt Slonem Print Suite Butterflies 2
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Toledo, OH
Suite Butterflies 2 print by Hunt Slonem, 1999. Very limited edition 9/10. Large yellow, orange, and blue butterflies and green leaves on a black background. Signed lower right, titl...
Paper
Hunt Slonem “Three Deer” Pop Art Screenprint
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodbury, CT
Screenprint titled "Three Deer" by American artist Hunt Slonem, created in 1980. Artist: Hunt Slonem, American (1951 - ) Title: Three Deer Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed a...
Paper
Hunt Slonem Pillow Garden Pop Art Lithograph
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodbury, CT
"Pillow Garden," a Pop Art screenprint created in 1980 by contemporary American artist Hunt Slonem. * Artist: Hunt Slonem is known for his Neo-Expressionist style and vibrant use o...
Paper
Hunt Slonem “Pillow Garden” Pop Art Screenprint
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodbury, CT
The image displays "Pillow Garden," a Pop Art screenprint created in 1980 by contemporary American artist Hunt Slonem. * * Artist: Hunt Slonem is known for his Neo-Expressionist st...
Paper
Hunt Slonem 1951 'Red Ascension, Oil on Canvas 2008
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Bellport, NY
Hunt Slonem's most iconic subject "Butterflies" titled 'Red Ascension" Oil on canvas. A simple subject brought to life with his genuine love of nature ...
Paint
Lemonade by Hasharat
Located in New York, NY
Created by Hasharat, this luminous butterfly composition features an elegant arrangement of exotic butterfly specimens mounted on delicate brass armatures beneath a 19th-century hand...
Glass
1970s "Fanfare" Screenprint by Frank Rowland
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A striking limited edition op art serigraph by American artist Frank Rowland (1927-2012) in the hard edge style. An abstract geometric composition in red, orange, and yellow against ...
Paper
Josef Albers Signed Abstract Screenprint "Seclusion"
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original signed abstract screenprint, entitled "Seclusion" by Josef Albers for the limited edition "Washburn College Bible", 1979. Albers created this work as a frontispiece for Volu...
Glass, Wood, Paper
Selection of Modernist Art Lithographs or Serigraphs
By Victor Vasarely, (after) Alexander Calder, (after) Henri Matisse, Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of modernist art serigraphs or lithographs, circa 1950s-1970s. They are: 1) Victor Vasarely color lithograph, circa 1960s. It has been recently reframed in a clean lined bl...
Glass, Paper, Wood
Japanese Garden Flowers in Bloom: Antique Lithograph, 1880s
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Japanese Garden Flowers in Bloom: Antique Lithograph, 1880s This exquisite lithograph from the 1880s captures the natural beauty and refined elegance of traditional Japanese ...
Paper
$650
H 4.63 in W 2.25 in D 4 in
Seguso Murano Italian Art Glass Sommerso Green Bunny Rabbit Figurine Sculpture
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Archimede Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Summers emerald tree and golden honey color Italian art glass bunny rabbit figurine sculpture. The piece is attributed to designer Archimede Segus...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Vintage David Hockney Lithograph Print, "Beach Umbrella", Wall Art
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage David Hockney offset lithograph poster titled "Beach Umbrella" for an exhibition in 1988 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, David Hockney, A Retrospective. This was a m...
Paper
$1,280Sale Price|20% Off
H 12 in W 21 in D 1.5 in
Maxfield Parrish “Garden of Allah” Crane Lithograph 1918
By Maxfield Parrish
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original 1918 Maxfield Parrish "Garden of Allah" early lithograph published by C.A. Crane Co. in Cleveland. The print is presented in its original Mission-style hardwood frame. Signe...
Paper
$600
H 5.75 in W 2 in D 3.25 in
Murano Seguso Opalescent White Caramel Italian Art Glass Bunny Rabbit Sculpture
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and very cute, vintage Murano hand blown opalescent white over a caramel color Italian art glass bunny rabbit sculpture / figurine. The piece is documented to designer Arch...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
Large Stoneware Pottery Rabbit Bunny Animal Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic, quite heavy and solid, large hand-crafted stoneware rabbit sculpture done in a modern abstract, almost brutalist or Japanese Mingei Folk Art style. The work is appar...
Pottery, Stoneware
Large Scale 19th Century English Hunt Scene Lithograph 44" x 23"
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large Scale English Hunt Scene Lithograph, England, 19th Century. It measures an impressive 44" width x 23.5" height. It was recently removed fr...
Acrylic, Wood, Paper
$1,500
H 18.5 in W 28 in D 1 in
5 Antique Cecil Aldin 1st Ed Chromolithograph Hunting Prints Fallowfield Hunt
By Cecil Aldin
Located in Dayton, OH
A beautiful collection of 1901 chromolithographic prints from the work of equestrian and sporting artist Cecil Aldin (1870-1935). Includes 3 scenes from the The Fallowfield Hunt Re...
Wood, Paper
Hunt Slonem, Black and White Bunny Oil Painting, Framed, 2009
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Stamford, CT
Hunt Slonem, Neo-Expressionist, Black and White Bunny Oil Painting, Framed, 2009 Hunt Slonem bunny oil painting signed and dated on the reverse. Oil on wood, 9.5 x 7.5 in. / Frame: ...
Wood, Paint
Hunt Slonem "Parrots" Watercolor on Paper, 1988
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Astoria, NY
Hunt Slonem (American, b. 1951), "Parrots" Watercolor on Paper, 1988, pencil signed and dated to lower right, with a Certificate of Authenticity from Hunt Slonem Studio, in wood fram...
Paper
Hunt Slonem "Palms & Toucans" Oil on Canvas, 1989
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Astoria, NY
Hunt Slonem (American, b. 1951), "Palms and Toucans", Oil on Canvas, 1989, signed, titled, dated, and numbered; with a Certificate of Authenticity from Hunt Slonem Studio.
Canvas, Paint
Hunt Slonem "Asian Woodpeckers" Oil on Canvas, '92
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Astoria, NY
Hunt Slonem (American, b. 1951), "Asian Woodpeckers", Oil on Canvas, signed, titled, and dated to verso, with a Certificate of Authenticity from Hunt Slonem Studio.
Canvas, Paint
Hunt Slonem Bird and Butterfly Oil on Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Astoria, NY
Hunt Slonem (American, b. 1951), Bird and Butterfly, Oil on Canvas, 1987, signed, dated, and numbered "G30700" to verso.
Canvas, Paint
Hunt Slonem "Angel" Oil on Canvas, 1985
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Astoria, NY
Hunt Slonem (American, b. 1951), "Angel", Oil on Canvas, 1985, signed and dated to verso, with a Certificate of Authenticity from Hunt Slonem Studio
Canvas, Paint
Hunt Slonem "Infant of Prague" Oil on Canvas, 1986
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Astoria, NY
Hunt Slonem (American, b. 1951), "Infant of Prague", Oil on Canvas, 1986, signed, dated, and titled to verso, with a Certificate of Authenticity from Hunt Slonem Studio.
Canvas, Paint
Hunt Slonem "Java Rice Birds" Oil on Canvas, 1993
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Astoria, NY
Hunt Slonem (American, b. 1951), "Java Rice Birds", Oil on Canvas, 1993, signed, dated, titled, and numbered "JEM0677" to verso, with a Certificate of Authenticity from Hunt Slonem S...
Canvas, Paint
Hunt Slonem "Picul" Oil on Canvas, 1991
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Astoria, NY
Hunt Slonem (American, b. 1951), "Picul", Oil on Canvas, 1991, signed, dated, titled, and numbered "JEM0679" to verso, with a Certificate of Authenticity from Hunt Slonem Studio.
Canvas, Paint
Hunt Slonem "St. Martin de Porres" Oil on Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Astoria, NY
Hunt Slonem (American, b. 1951), "Red Billed Hornbills", Oil on Canvas, 1992, signed, titled, dated, and numbered "JEM0673" to verso, with a Certificate of Authenticity from Hunt Slonem Studio.
Canvas, Paint
Hunt Slonem "Early Double Bunnies" Oil on Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Astoria, NY
Hunt Slonem (American, b. 1951), "Early Double Bunnies", Oil on Canvas, 1989, signed, titled, dated, and numbered "JEM0671" to verso, with a Certificate of Authenticity from Hunt Slo...
Canvas, Paint
Hunt Slonem "Shadow Lane" Oil on Canvas, 1994
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Astoria, NY
Hunt Slonem (American, b. 1951), "Shadow Lane", Oil on Canvas, 1994, signed, titled, dated, and numbered "JCM0665" to verso, together with Certificate of Authenticity from Hunt Slonem Studio
Canvas, Paint