Hunt Slonem Cardinals Migration South For Sale

About this work

Hunt Slonem has established himself as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary American painting, known for his gestural repetition and deeply personal iconography drawn from nature, spirituality, and his own extensive collection of exotic birds. His works are held in over one hundred museum collections worldwide, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. The secondary market has demonstrated consistent demand for Slonem's paintings, with his bird compositions particularly sought after by collectors who recognize the artist's singular ability to transform serial imagery into meditative, visually commanding surfaces. Cardinals Migration South represents a continuation of Slonem's decades-long exploration of avian subjects, rendered here with the characteristic energy and chromatic intensity that define his practice. The cardinals—birds Slonem has returned to repeatedly throughout his career—emerge from richly textured layers of oil paint, their forms at once recognizable and abstracted through the artist's rapid, almost devotional mark-making. At 36 by 48 inches, this 2026 canvas offers a generous scale that allows the viewer to experience the cumulative power of Slonem's brushwork, where individual strokes coalesce into a larger rhythm suggesting movement and multiplicity. The work exemplifies how Slonem's seemingly simple subjects carry deeper resonances, drawing on his interests in kabbalah, reincarnation, and the natural cycles that govern existence. Guy Hepner is pleased to offer this work from our New York gallery, and inquiries regarding acquisition are welcome.