David Michael Slonim (b. 1966) creates abstract explorations of emotional resonance through color, form, and spatial rhythm. In the tradition of artists like Picasso, Miro, and Guston, his works are often anthropomorphic, with a twist of dry humor. After earning a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1988, Slonim began his career as a freelance illustrator, later gaining national recognition as a landscape painter in the late 1990s. Since transitioning to abstraction in 2014, his work has been exhibited in galleries in New York, Boston, Denver, Scottsdale, Jackson Hole, Indianapolis, and the Hamptons, with solo museum exhibitions at Indiana University East, Anderson Art Museum, The Honeywell Center, and Richmond Art Museum. In addition to his studio practice, Slonim is an award-winning author and illustrator of children’s books, earning accolades from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Kirkus, and Publishers Weekly.