Hunt Slonem (b. 1951-)
Lemurs, 1986
Oil on canvas
84 x 72 inches
Framed Dimensions: 86.25 x 74.25 x 3.50 inches
Hunt Slonem's paintings are at once vibrant, energetic and colorful, yet also deeply spiritual and contemplative. The artist creates exotic forms with expressive and highly textural brushstrokes that are full of intense color, loosely inspired by artists of the German Expressionism movement.
Slonem creates beautiful, surprising scenes that offer a calming joy to those who encounter it. From the very beginning, animals and the natural world, most notably birds, have been the central focus of his work.
Slonem utilizes the intense colors of the neo-expressional style that mirrors the interesting worlds in which these exotic animals exist. He describes his work with one word, “Exotica.”
Slonem’s works can be found in the permanent collections of 250 museums around the world, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Whitney, the Miro Foundation and the New Orleans Museum of Art.