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- ↑ "Don Weller - Watercolor Paintings - Judith Hale Gallery Solvang". Judith Hale Gallery Fine Art - Solvang, California. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
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- ↑ "Don Weller | High in the Saddle". Southwest Art Magazine. 2014-07-08. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
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