Donald Roller Wilson was born in Houston, Texas in 1938 and was educated at Wichita State University. He is known for using 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 very polished realism, using the same techniques of the Old Masters. Wilson taught at the University of Arkansas from 1967–74 and lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas, with his wife Kathleen, also an artist.
According to the 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." Some of the characters he has created include Cookie the Baby Orangutan, Jane the Pug Girl, Jack the Jack Russell “Terror,” Loretta the Actress Cat, Miss Dog America and Patricia the Seeing Eye Dog of Houston. Wilson's works can be seen in the Brooklyn Museum; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Whitney Museum; Bank of America in San Francisco, California; Coe Kerr Gallery, New York City; and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, as well as many other galleries. The majority of his work is in the hands of private collectors. He created album cover art for musician Frank Zappa during the 1980s and 1990s. Among these: Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger (1984), Francesco Zappa (1984) and Them Or Us (1984). His main gallery at present is the John Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco, and his paintings may be collected through Peter Sahlman in New York.
"Dangerous" Contemporary Surreal Hyper Realistic Phallus and Tomato Painting
By Donald Roller Wilson
Located in Houston, TX
Hyper realistic surreal painting by Texas born artist Donald Roller Wilson. The work features a phallus with a single cigarette and a trio or tomato slices floating overhead. Signed ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,500
H 11 in W 14 in
"The Embrace" (2015) By John Tarantola, Original Nude Oil Portrait Painting
By John Tarantola
Located in Denver, CO
John Tarantola's original nude portrait "The Embrace" (2015) is a beautiful surrealist oil on panel painting that depicts an athletic nude male figure embracing the bright silhouette...
Oil, Panel
$2,000
H 11 in W 14 in
"Pieta" (2021) By John Tarantola, Surrealistic Nude Portrait Oil Painting
By John Tarantola
Located in Denver, CO
John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Pieta" (2021) is a beautiful surrealist oil on panel painting that depicts two young athletic male figures atop a red cloth in vast desert du...
Oil, Panel
$1,400
H 8 in W 10 in
"Reclining Man" (2015) By John Tarantola, Surrealist Nude Portrait Oil Painting
By John Tarantola
Located in Denver, CO
John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Reclining Man" (2015) is a beautiful surrealist oil on panel painting that depicts a young man lying in the nude, against a surreal scene of ...
Oil, Panel
Girl in a Chair, Large Painting by Bill Wiman
By Bill Wiman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Bill Wiman, American (1940 - ) Title: Girl in a Chair Year: 1978 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 82 x 83.5 in. (182.88 x 212.09 cm) Frame: 83 x 84.5 inches
Canvas, Oil
$2,500
H 11 in W 25.5 in
"Holding Back the Moon" (ca. 2018) By John Tarantola, Nude Portrait Oil Painting
By John Tarantola
Located in Denver, CO
John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Holding Back the Moon" (ca. 2018) is a beautiful surrealist oil on panel painting that depicts an athletic nude young male figure, with his a...
Oil, Panel
$2,500
H 10 in W 18 in
"Islands" (ca. 2014) By John Tarantola, Surrealistic Nude Portrait Oil Painting
By John Tarantola
Located in Denver, CO
John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Islands" (2014) is a beautiful surrealist oil on panel painting that depicts a nude male figure, lying in death in a desolate desert. Another...
Oil, Panel
$1,800
H 28.75 in W 24.02 in
"Characters", Surrealist John Devoluy (1903-1982) Oil on canvas
Located in New York, NY
John Devoluy (1903-1982) Characters, 1950 c. Oil on canvas 28 3/4 x 24 inches l 73 x 61 cm With frame: 30 3/4 x 26 inches l 78 x 66 cm John Devoluy was born in 1903 and became a cen...
Canvas, Oil
$2,000
H 14 in W 14 in
"Raven Moon" (2014) By John Tarantola, Surrealistic Nude Portrait Oil Painting
By John Tarantola
Located in Denver, CO
John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Raven Moon" (2014) is a beautiful surrealist oil on panel painting that depicts two young nude athletic male figures in an embrace in front o...
Oil, Panel
$470
H 31 in W 26.5 in
Large framed French Vintage Still life oil painting of flower vases and a statue
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Large and unusual mid-century French vintage oil painting on hardboard signed in the lower left and in an attractive vintage frame. This post impressionist oil painting is cleverly ...
Oil
$920
H 16.15 in W 20.08 in D 0.6 in
Surrealist Colourful Female Nude Painting, Oil on Canvas, After de Chirico
By Isabelle Pardoe
Located in Cotignac, FR
Colourful, oil on canvas, female nude by Isabelle Pardoe. The painting is not signed but came directly from the atelier of the artist. Isabell Pardoe trained at the Slade school of...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$2,500
H 40 in W 30 in D 1.5 in
«Necklace» Figurative Oil Painting by Samantha Van Heest
By Samantha Van Heest
Located in Oslo, NO
This study takes inspiration from historical “reclining nude” paintings, most of which were painted through the perspective of the male gaze. The artist wanted to change the narrative and make the woman feel more empowered and dominant in her situation, aware of the power she holds. Samantha Van Heest...
Oil, Canvas
$1,750
H 40 in W 26 in
'Seated Nude', California Fauve Interior Scene, San Francisco Art Institute
By Myra Dorn Eastman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Myra Dorn' for Myra Dorn Eastman (American, born 1953) and dated 1994. A Large and dynamic Expressionist figural painting of a young woman, shown nude and seate...
Paper, Acrylic
She Didn’t Like It
By Donald Roller Wilson
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Dated: 1987/55 Signed and dated upper edge Provenance: The artist Coe Kerr Gallery, New York Wright Gallery, New York Private collection, New York (Purchased from above, 1995) This...
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
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H 33.5 in W 29.5 in D 1 in
A RITE OF PASSAGE NAUGHTY BETTY…SEEN HERE ALONG WITH HER HALF-SISTER, JUDY…
By Donald Roller Wilson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Donald Roller Wilson A RITE OF PASSAGE NAUGHTY BETTY…SEEN HERE ALONG WITH HER HALF-SISTER, JUDY… BOTH GIRLS BEING OBSERVED POSTERIORLY BY THE FATHER…WATCHING WITH EXAGGERATED DISINTE...
Canvas, Oil
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H 37.5 in W 35.5 in D 2.5 in
PATRICIA’S STRUGGLE TO GET TO THE PIANO DURING THE HIGH WINDS WHICH WHIPPED UP..
By Donald Roller Wilson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Donald Roller Wilson PATRICIA’S STRUGGLE TO GET TO THE PIANO DURING THE HIGH WINDS WHICH WHIPPED UP IN MRS. JENKINS’ HALLWAY: AND JUST PRIOR TO THE PERFORMANCE OF HER PIECE FOR PIEC...
Canvas, Oil
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H 24.5 in W 21.5 in D 2.625 in
The Seldom Seen Joanne: Naughty Betty and Mort
By Donald Roller Wilson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Oil on canvas in artist's frame 18 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches Framed: 24 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 2 5/8 inches
Canvas, Oil
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H 23 in W 18 in D 3 in
Holly Saw the Primary Colors Being Tossed into the Air
By Donald Roller Wilson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Oil on canvas in artist's frame 14 x 10 inches Framed: 23 x 18 x 3 inches
Canvas, Oil
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H 11.75 in W 13.25 in D 1.5 in
“Space Friends: Barn Trip” Modern Hyperrealist Cow & Olives Surrealist Painting
By Donald Roller Wilson
Located in Houston, TX
Modern hyperrealist painting of a cow surrounded by floating olives by Texas artist Donald Roller Wilson. The work is hung in a hexagonal frame, adding an additional layer of interest. Signed and dated along front lower margin. Artist Biography: Donald Roller Wilson (born November 23, 1938) is an American artist. He is known for using 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 very polished realism using the same techniques of the old masters. He was born in Houston, Texas and educated at Wichita State University. He taught at the University of Arkansas from 1967 - 1974 and lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas, with his wife Kathleen, also an artist. According to the New York Times, "Donald Roller Wilson's goofy, hallucinogenic, old master-style painting of monkeys...
Oil
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H 18 in W 16 in
Abstract Surrealist Contemporary Still Life With Wooden Matches
By Donald Roller Wilson
Located in Houston, TX
Surrealist still life separated on four different panels and one canvas. The center panel has an eye in the middle with a match and an organic mass. On either is unlit matches. Two panels and a canvas frame the top of the piece. The canvas has an organic mass positioned in the center. On either side of the panels is a writing utensil forming a line. The work is incased in a lucite box. It is signed and dated by the artist on the large panel. Artist Biography: Donald Roller Wilson (born November 23, 1938) is an American artist. He is known for using 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 very polished realism using the same techniques of the old masters. He was born in Houston, Texas and educated at Wichita State University. He taught at the University of Arkansas from 1967 - 1974 and lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas, with his wife Kathleen, also an artist. According to the New York Times, "Donald Roller Wilson's goofy, hallucinogenic, old master-style painting of monkeys...
Acrylic
GOOSE FREIGHT: MOTHER-IN-LAW: HARD BALLS
By Donald Roller Wilson
Located in San Francisco, CA
COOKIE
By Donald Roller Wilson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Kathleen, Convinced and Encouraged Through Faith
By Donald Roller Wilson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Oil, Canvas