Autumn Hunnicutt was born and raised in the high deserts of northern New Mexico. Her oil paintings explore ideas of cycles, memory, the natural world, and life experiences, often inspired by her southwestern roots and surrounding environments. Her work highlights the beauty of the natural world, giving a sense of holiness to the flora and fauna that inhabit the familiar land. Hunnicutt’s time living away from home in various states and backpacking across the Californian desert has deepened her respect for new encounters and familiarity. The human figure, landscape, plants, birds, and color are used to create stories of existence and experience. The use of color and symbolism in Hunnicutt’s paintings can be seen as a reflection of the southwest and a simultaneous longing for new experiences.
Hunnicutt has shown work throughout the southwest and west coast including an upcoming solo exhibition to take place spring 2025 at the A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art in Trinidad, CO and a recently finished permanent installation at Trinidad State College in Trinidad, CO. She has also been in a variety of galleries and juried exhibitions such as the New Mexico Painters Exhibition in Las Vegas, NM, After Dark at the Greg Moon Gallery in Taos, NM, Dart Gallery and NEXT Gallery in Denver, CO, The Studio Door Gallery in San Diego, CA, and The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Fine Art in Pullman, WA, just to name a few. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from New Mexico State University in 2018 and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Washington State University in 2022.
Hunnicutt is currently living near her hometown in Trinidad, CO, creating a new body of work, volunteering with the A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art, and participating as a member of the growing artist community.
