Tell us how you picked it up. President bush i was a little antsy. When you are the president , your dance card is full and then you are not the president. Laura and i spent a lot of time here at the bush Center Putting programs in place to make a difference in peoples lives. I wrote two books, i am staying fit, Mountain Biking and the elliptical. I play a fair amount of golf but it wasnt enough, and so i read Winston Churchills essay painting as a pastime. I thought he can paint, i can paint. Sean you started painting pets. You did jasper, danas dog. President bush i was a pet portrait painter, which is kind of hard to say. I painted pets in the good thing about painting pets is they really dont react when they see their painting. Sean in other words, they cant say its good or bad. President bush i did that and then got into landscapes. My firstst instructor at smu cae and saidd you ought to paint the leaders with whom you served. And i did. We had an exhibition here. Putin, blair, da