Hunt Slonem Artist

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Hunt slonem artist.

It s something i have been doing my whole life. He is best known for his neo expressionist paintings of tropical birds often based on a personal aviary in which he has been keeping from 30 to over 100 live birds of various species. Hunt slonem is an american painter whose work uniquely combines representational imagery with abstract expressionist renderings. 60 x 70 signature.

Media books shop resume collaborations contact login. Paintings bunny wall public art sculptures hunt s homes. I am slightly influenced by pop art like the repetition of soup cans postage stamps and celebrities. His lavishly colored canvases are populated with rows of birds rendered with thick brushstrokes.

93 x 134 in. Slonem was born in 1951 in kittery maine and his father s position as a navy officer meant the family moved often during hunt s formative years including extended stays in hawaii california and connecticut. Hunt slonem born hunt slonim july 18 1951 is an american painter sculptor and printmaker. Starry night july 18th date.

Unique category 2010s contemporary hunt slonem paintings. Artist and collector hunt slonem is best known for huge neo expressionist oil paintings of tropical birds based on his personal aviary. Hunt slonem art i believe in repetition like a holy mantra or rosary neo expressionist painter hunt slonem b. Oil on canvas unframed dimensions.

His fascination with exotica imprinted during his childhood in hawaii and experience as a foreign exchange student in managua nicaragua. Hunt slonem studied painting at the skowhegan school of painting and sculpture in maine and received a bachelor of arts degree from tulane university in 1973. Hunt slonem was born in kittery maine in 1951. 1951 told introspective referring to his artistic method.