ARTIST: Lesa Ruth Delisi (Washington, Texas, Born 1961)
TITLE: Texas Morning (titled on verso)
YEAR: 1988
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Minor craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light.
ART SIZE: 14 x 16 inches / 35 x 40 cm
FRAME SIZE: 19 x 21 inches / 48 x 53 cm
SIGNATURE: lower left
LOCATION: This lot is located at our Dania Beach, FL office.
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer
SKU#: 151051
US SHIPPING: $105 + insurance.

BIOGRAPHY:
Spokane artist Lesa Delisi has found renewed success with her paintings of animals and wildlife. But Delisi, 58, isn't alone in her art-rich family. Two sisters and two brothers are artists, joining their father Oleg Stavrowsky, 92, who still paints and is famous among collectors of his Western art.Those two sisters - Mary Luttrell and Rachel Hurst - only began painting about a year ago with the urging of Delisi, and they're both selling artwork, too. On Oct. 12, they joined Delisi with pieces entered in Spokane Valley Arts Council's Art Showcase auction."There is something about the genetics going on but also with the atmosphere of art all around us growing up," said Luttrell, 57, who lives in Albuquerque. During the recent weekend in Spokane, she talked, along with Hurst and Delisi, about their lives immersed in art.Hurst, 50, has a home near their father's residence in a suburb of Austin, Texas. They're among eight children - four girls and four boys - born to Carol and Oleg. Their mom died about four years ago.Growing up, the family often talked about what makes great art. However, their father didn't instruct any of his children in how to paint, they said. Instead, he'd give them some simple, direct critiques."To me, the way he taught us was the best way to teach people because it allowed us to develop our own styles," Delisi said."When I was 14, I said, '?Dad I want to paint.' He said, '?OK, when you learn how to draw first, I'll buy you paints, but until you learn how to draw, I'm not wasting my money.' "Delisi took him drawing after drawing. He'd tell her to do it over, perhaps with a suggestion to look at the nose or spaces between objects.Delisi's Spokane home is filled with art, some by family, including a large painting of her father's. "Yeah, it's stunning - he can paint a bit," joked Hurst, who previously owned a decorative painting business. She created plaster work, faux finishes and large ceiling murals in the Italian fresco style.