
Hunt Slonem American, b. 1951
Pink Ascension, 2025
Oil on canvas
48 x 48"
'Pink Ascension' by Hunt Slonem is a delicate and ethereal composition that captures the quiet elegance of transformation. Soft white butterflies float across a luminous gold and blush-toned background, their...
"Pink Ascension" by Hunt Slonem is a delicate and ethereal composition that captures the quiet elegance of transformation. Soft white butterflies float across a luminous gold and blush-toned background, their forms outlined with gentle, gestural strokes. Slonem’s signature crosshatch pattern overlays the surface like a gossamer veil, adding texture and rhythm to the tranquil scene. The palette evokes a sense of grace and uplift, with the butterflies appearing to rise gently through space. In "Pink Ascension," Slonem elevates his familiar motif into a poetic meditation on lightness, beauty, and spiritual transcendence—where repetition becomes reverence and stillness becomes flight.