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Hunt Slonem"Finches" Multicolored Birds with Gold Background Oil Painting on Wood Framed2025
2025
$15,250
£11,550.46
€13,265.30
CA$21,370.24
A$23,233.76
CHF 12,318.56
MX$278,513.83
NOK 156,562.63
SEK 143,432.66
DKK 99,141.35
About the Item
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of birds. The thick use of paint is greatly recognizable as he slathers on layer after layer of oil paint with multicolored hues on a rich gold background. He then draws in these whimsical and colorful birds perched closely together with their distinctive colorful plumage, titling the piece "Finches" as he truly captures the personality of these interesting birds perfectly. This painting is signed and dated by the artist on verso and it comes housed in a beautiful antique wooden frame with hanging wire on verso ready to be displayed.
Art measures 21.5 x 17.5 inches
Frame measures 26.5 x 22.5 inches
Hunt Slonem was born in 1951 in Kittery, York County Maine. He is a renowned American painter, sculptor, and printmaker. Slonem is best known for his abstract depictions of animals, specifically Birds, Butterflies, and Bunnies. His whimsicality has captured the hearts of many across the globe, enchanting us all with a phenomenal power to elevate and inspire effortlessly. His works can best be described as monumental and uplifting as these forces certainly are the cornerstones of his inspiration. His pieces draw upon a spiritual connection celebrating nature, animals, and history. This bond stems from a love of exotic birds, as he has over 90 of them in his studio, painting them from life almost every day. His travels around the world since a young age has brought much passion for landscapes, as his father was in the Navy, living in Hawaii, Nicaragua to Mexico. And lastly, his unique joy in preserving historic homes has brought him to collect over 8 historic properties in the US, realizing too many of the country’s architectural gems have fallen into disrepair, bringing them back to their original beauty while decorating them with genuine antiques and his own creations.
PROVENANCE: Consigned directly from Hunt Slonem Studio with the unique SKU number on verso.
- Creator:Hunt Slonem (1951, American)
- Creation Year:2025
- Dimensions:Height: 26.5 in (67.31 cm)Width: 22.5 in (57.15 cm)Depth: 2.5 in (6.35 cm)
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- Condition:The painting is in excellent condition and it comes displayed in an original antique frame that the artist sources and selects, the frame shows some ordinary wear and scuffs from age, chips or minor imperfections in line with manufacturing period.
- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:Seller: 0067501stDibs: LU98217145482
Hunt Slonem
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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