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'''Donald Roller Wilson''' (Houston, Texas, November 23, 1938) is an American oil painter, known for working in a realistic style, while using dogs and cats, chimpanzees, dill pickles, wooden matches, olives, asparagus stalks, and even cigarettes in his artwork.  
'''Donald Roller Wilson''' (born November 23, 1938) is an artist who uses some unique items in his paintings, such as dogs and cats, chimpanzees, dill pickles, wooden matches, olives, asparagus stalks, and even cigarettes. He paints in oils, in a very polished, super-realistic style, using the same techniques used by the Old Masters. He was born in Houston, Texas and is based in Fayetteville, Arkansas. According to the [[The New York Times|New York Times]], ''"Donald Roller Wilson's goofy, hallucinogenic, Old Master-style painting of monkeys, dogs and cats dressed up in antique costumes may be kitsch, but it's high-quality kitsch, like good beach reading."''
 
  
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He illustrated the album covers of ''[[Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger|The Perfect Stranger]]'', ''[[Them Or Us]]'' and ''[[Francesco Zappa]]''.
*[[Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger|The Perfect Stranger]]
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Donald Roller Wilson was mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of ''[[The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)|The MOFO Project/Object]]'' (2006) album. <ref>http://donlope.net/fz/notes/The_MOFO_Project_Object.html#Contributors</ref>
*[[Francesco Zappa]]
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==Sources==
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==External links==
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* [[wikipedia:Donald Roller Wilson|Donald Roller Wilson Wikipedia article]]<br>
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* [http://www.donaldrollerwilson.com/ Donald Roller Wilson's Webpage]
  
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[[wikipedia:Donald Roller Wilson|Donald Roller Wilson Wikipedia article]]<br>
 
[http://www.donaldrollerwilson.com/ Donald Roller Wilson's Webpage]
 
 
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Latest revision as of 08:53, 19 October 2021

Donald Roller Wilson (Houston, Texas, November 23, 1938) is an American oil painter, known for working in a realistic style, while using dogs and cats, chimpanzees, dill pickles, wooden matches, olives, asparagus stalks, and even cigarettes in his artwork.

He illustrated the album covers of The Perfect Stranger, Them Or Us and Francesco Zappa.

Donald Roller Wilson was mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of The MOFO Project/Object (2006) album. [1]

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