Post by Admin on Nov 21, 2013 22:34:24 GMT
After leaving the White House in 2009, George W. Bush decided to take up painting as a hobby -- and he has some impressive artistic skills. During a Tuesday, Nov. 19 appearance on The Tonight Show, the 67-year-old 43rd President of the United States showed off a few of his paintings, including a portrait of host Jay Leno.
"I am a painter," Bush said. "You may not think I'm a painter, [but] I think I'm a painter." The Texas resident said he hired an art teacher to improve on his skills. "I take a lesson from a woman named Gail Norfleet once a week in Dallas," he explained. "She came by the house -- a mutual friend of ours introduced me to her -- and I said I'm interested in painting. I had read Winston Churchill's essay, Painting as a Pastime, and it inspired me. I said, 'I'm thinking about painting.' She said, 'Well, what is your objective?' I said, 'There's a Rembrandt trapped in this body. Your job is to find it.'"
"I am a painter," Bush said. "You may not think I'm a painter, [but] I think I'm a painter." The Texas resident said he hired an art teacher to improve on his skills. "I take a lesson from a woman named Gail Norfleet once a week in Dallas," he explained. "She came by the house -- a mutual friend of ours introduced me to her -- and I said I'm interested in painting. I had read Winston Churchill's essay, Painting as a Pastime, and it inspired me. I said, 'I'm thinking about painting.' She said, 'Well, what is your objective?' I said, 'There's a Rembrandt trapped in this body. Your job is to find it.'"
