Hughes, Lester Texas (late 20th century) THE STRAYS oil on canvas, framed signed: lower right, Lester Hughes H16" W20" *Artist biography: From El Paso, Texas, Lester Hughes is a self-taught artist who paints imaginative landscapes of the Southwest, often with cowboys riding horses intent on their duties. President Ronald Reagan purchased over a dozen paintings by Hughes; some of them hung in the White House during Reagan's tenure.