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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Bunnies on White Diamond Dust
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hunt Slonem, American, included in 250+ museum collections Unique oil and diamond dust on canvas painting, signed and dated verso Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slon...
Gold Leaf
Hunt Slonem "Wave" Blue Diamond Dust Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "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: 16 x 14 inche...
Glass, Resin, Oil, Panel
Butterflies and Guardians
By Hunt Slonem
Located in London, GB
Hunt Slonem Butterflies and Guardians, 2020 Signed and Dated on Verso Oil on Canvas 182.9 x 243.8 cm Artist and collector Hunt Slonem is best known for huge Neo-Expressionist oil pa...
Canvas, Oil
$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 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
Butterflies in Flight
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
Hunt Slonem is a renowned painter celebrated for his singular naturalistic works, often infused with a touch of mysticism. His art seamlessly blends the fantastical with the natural ...
Canvas, Oil
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
$8,000
H 14.5 in W 12.5 in D 2 in
Hunt Slonem "Blue Diamond Dust Helena" White and Blue Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Blue Diamond Dust Helena" White and Blue Bunny A single rabbit gestured in white on a blue background in a vintage frame Unframed: 10 x 8 inches Framed: 14.5 x 12.5 inc...
Oil, Acrylic, Panel
$48,250
H 40 in W 60 in D 1.5 in
"Fluffle in Diamond Dust" White Bunnies Turquoise Blue Diamond Dust Oil on Wood
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 turquoise blue diamond dust background. Slone...
Glass, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Hunt Slonem "Glisten X" Rainbow Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Glisten X" Rainbow Bunnies White diamond dust bunnies gestured on a rainbow resin background in a gold contemporary floating frame. Unframed: 34 x 26 inches Framed: 36....
Glass, Resin, Oil, Acrylic
Hunt Slonem "Azure Sky Bunnies" Bunnies, Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Azure Sky Bunnies Series: Bunnies Date: 2025 Medium: Lithograph on Paper Unframed Dimensions: 16" x 24" Framed Dimensions: 22" x 29" x 1.25" Signat...
Lithograph
Hunt Slonem "Blue Celeste Bunnies" Bunnies, Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Blue Celeste Bunnies Series: Bunnies Date: 2025 Medium: Lithograph on Paper Unframed Dimensions: 24" x 16" Framed Dimensions: 29" x 22" x 1.25" Sig...
Lithograph
Hunt Slonem "Twilight Bunnies" Bunnies, Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Twilight Bunnies Series: Bunnies Date: 2025 Medium: Lithograph on Paper Unframed Dimensions: 16" x 24" Framed Dimensions: 22" x 29" x 1.25" Signatu...
Lithograph
Hunt Slonem "Early Spring Bunnies" Bunnies, Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Early Spring Bunnies Series: Bunnies Date: 2025 Medium: Lithograph on Paper Unframed Dimensions: 24" x 16" Framed Dimensions: 29" x 22" x 1.25" Sig...
Lithograph
Hunt Slonem "Snow Cloud Bunnies" Bunnies, Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Snow Cloud Bunnies Series: Bunnies Date: 2025 Medium: Lithograph on Paper Unframed Dimensions: 16" x 24" Framed Dimensions: 22" x 29" x 1.25" Signa...
Lithograph
Hunt Slonem "Autumn Sunrise Bunnies" Bunnies, Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Autumn Sunrise Bunnies Series: Bunnies Date: 2025 Medium: Lithograph on Paper Unframed Dimensions: 16" x 24" Framed Dimensions: 22" x 29" x 1.25" S...
Lithograph
