Bush’s new hobby came to light last month after the death of longtime family dog Barney, when the Bush family released a painting the former president made of the terrier; more of his work came out after a hacker circulated images he’d found in Bush family email accounts. Our critic colleague Philip Kennicott assessed the work and found “the president grappling with strong perspectival challenges” and doing not a bad job at all, really.
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