2025
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 "Tinsely" Black and Yellow Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "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 inches *Painting ...
Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem "Home Run" Bunnies on Gold
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Home Run" Bunnies on Gold A rabbit couple gestured in black on a white and metallic background in a vintage frame Unframed: 17.5 x 21 inches Framed: 26 x 29.5 x 3.5 inc...
Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem "3 Across" Black and White Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "3 Across" Black and White Bunnies Three rabbits gestured in black on a white background in a vintage frame Unframed: 4.75 x 11.25 inches Framed: 5.5 x 12 inches *Painti...
Oil, Panel
Yellow
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Fairfield, CT
Framed dimensions 15.5 x 13.5 in.
Wood, Oil
$22,950
H 24 in W 20 in
2 Duet, Oil Painting of Black Bunnies on Yellow Background, Framed
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
Good Friends
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, Wood
3 Butterflies
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
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
$17,000
H 24 in W 20 in
Color Score II, Oil on Canvas Painting of Bunnies, Signed, 24x20 Inches
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
An original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem in oil on canvas. Oil on canvas Signed verso, titled and dated When Hunt Slonem enters his studio each morning, he warms up by paintin...
Oil, Canvas
$17,000
H 24 in W 20 in
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
Hunt Slonem "3 Bunny's" Original bunny painting in oil
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: 3 Bunny's Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 16" x 20" Framed Dimensions: 18" x 22" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique Hunt Slone...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Yellow Field" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Yellow Field Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14" x 12" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Yellow Score" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Yellow Score Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Panel Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 13" x 11" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Hu...
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
Hunt Slonem "4 Play Bunnies" painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: 4 Play Bunnies Date: 2026 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 24" x 18" Framed Dimensions: 27.5" x 21.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso ...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "3 in Gold" Unique Oil painting of bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: 3 in Gold Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 18" x 24" Framed Dimensions: 24" x 30" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: ...
Oil
