A Strong Night Wind

by Donald Roller Wilson

This is a comprehensive, lavishly produced monograph that reproduces over one hundred paintings executed between 1974 and 1995 by this grand eccentric that "channels" his painterly images from numerous sentient animals. Each image is accompanied by running commentary from Donald Roller Wilson, as well as a number of the "sitters" themselves. Features an introduction by Carrie Fisher, comments by Robin Williams and extensive text by the artist. Also includes Exhibition History and Bibliography.

Genres: Art

Hardcover

First published May 1, 1995

Reviews

[Hank Stuever · Rating 4 out of 5]

The mind-blowing art of Donald Roller Wilson -- far beyond wimsy or kitschy oddities -- made gloriously stranger with his words. One of my favorite books to occasionally page through. If I was a gazillionaire, I'd have bought lots of Roller paintings. (Like Carrie Fisher did.)

[Jenny Schmenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was initially attracted to the jaw-droppingly beautiful and bizarre Dutch Master style paintings of dogs, monkeys, and cats dressed as people (usually surrounded by phallic objects like flying cigarettes and pickles)and covered in beads of dewy substance. Then I read the copious and convoluted ALL CAPS TEXT in which it becomes apparent that Donald Roller Wilson is very seriously mentally ill and extremely interesting. All of his paintings are linked by a network of totally Byzantine backstories involving visions, Miss Dog America 1957 Pageants, characters who are (and yet are not) other characters, and, damn, it's hard to explain, but if you have high crazy-tolerance, just find a way to check this out.