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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''' (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 ''[[Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger|The Perfect Stranger]]'', ''[[Them Or Us]]'' and ''[[Francesco Zappa]]''.
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His work can be seen in various galleries all over the world.
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==Frank Zappa==
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In 1983-1984, Wilson illustrated the album covers for [[Frank Zappa]]'s ''[[Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger|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. <ref>http://donlope.net/fz/notes/The_MOFO_Project_Object.html#Contributors</ref>
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Donald Roller Wilson is 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>
  
 
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* [[wikipedia:Donald Roller Wilson|Donald Roller Wilson Wikipedia article]]<br>
 
* [[wikipedia:Donald Roller Wilson|Donald Roller Wilson Wikipedia article]]<br>
 
* [http://www.donaldrollerwilson.com/ Donald Roller Wilson's Webpage]
 
* [http://www.donaldrollerwilson.com/ Donald Roller Wilson's Webpage]
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* [https://meyergalleries.com/artist/donald-roller-wilson Biography.]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 07:34, 19 July 2026

Donald Roller Wilson.

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.

His work can be seen in various galleries all over the world.

Frank Zappa

In 1983-1984, Wilson illustrated the album covers for Frank Zappa's The Perfect Stranger, Them Or Us and Francesco Zappa.

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

Sources

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