Donald Roller Wilson

Wilson’s Style

Donald Roller Wilson’s artistic style is known to fall under that of surrealism.  Surrealism originated following World War I, with the center of the movement being in Paris, and flourished rapidly among the Europe countries in the decade to follow.  It is an artistic style most noticeable for the sometimes shocking element of surprise that can be witnessed in every piece of surreal art or plays. This specific style of art began as a way to mix the conscious and unconscious realms together into a sort of fantasy world that takes observers into a new surreality.  Surreal art continues to be a form of philosophical and artistic impression today.  The surreal art style includes such great artists as Joseph Cornell, Hans Bellmer and the more modern surrealist Marco Escobedo.

Donald Roller Wilson, Waiting

 Donald Roller Wilson’s painting is similar to Marco Escobedo’s in the fact that both depict a somber yet vividly colorful scene.  Images in which the main characters appear to not be themselves.  In Wilson’s painting, the monkey is all dolled up while finding herself waiting as if she is lost in thought with nothing else to do.  Escobedo’s image also depicts  a lady in waiting deep in her thoughts.

In contrast, the images that both of these artist create have many differences.  Donald Roller Wilson’s medium of choice is oil paintings and Marco Escobedo’s is digital art.  This is most visible in the close-up images of the two pieces of artwork.  Also, Wilson traditionally uses more satire and humor to his artwork while Escobedo’s art often has a darker appearance and more modern interpretation.

Marco Escobedo, One Hundred Years of Solitude

Donald Roller Wilson’s Philosophy

Don Roller Wilson’s philosophy to his artwork is to bring humor to a realistic, yet pointless sense through visual media.  As he once stated, “silliness is just as important as love” and that his paintings “take all of the arrogance out of everything”.

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