Hunt Slonem Artist

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Hunt slonem artist.

93 x 134 in. Media books shop resume collaborations contact login. Hunt slonem is an american painter whose work uniquely combines representational imagery with abstract expressionist renderings. I was influenced by warhol s repetition of soup cans and marilyn slonem says.

Unique category 2010s contemporary hunt slonem paintings. His lavishly colored canvases are populated with rows of birds rendered with thick brushstrokes. Artist and collector hunt slonem is best known for huge neo expressionist oil paintings of tropical birds based on his personal aviary. Signed by artist on verso edition.

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. 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. I am slightly influenced by pop art like the repetition of soup cans postage stamps and celebrities. Hunt slonem art i believe in repetition like a holy mantra or rosary neo expressionist painter hunt slonem b.

Paintings bunny wall public art sculptures hunt s homes. His fascination with exotica imprinted during his childhood in hawaii and experience as a foreign exchange student in managua nicaragua. It s something i have been doing my whole life. Hunt slonem was born in kittery maine in 1951.

Hunt slonem born hunt slonim july 18 1951 is an american painter sculptor and printmaker. 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. Oil on canvas unframed dimensions. Best known for his colorful paintings of tropical birds butterflies and rabbits he is considered an integral member of the neo expressionist movement of which julian schnabel and georg baselitz are also members.