” We all know George W. Bush likes to paint. In early February, a pseudonymous hacker named Guccifer published photos of Bush’s paintings — including two self-portraits — and they kept coming, and even the art critics kind of liked them. And then the Bush reunion tour around the dedication of his library this week forced the 43rd president to speak out about his hobby: “People are surprised,” he told the Dallas Morning News. “Of course, some people are surprised I can even read.”

On Tuesday Bush told Diane Sawyer that “painting has changed my life in an unbelievably positive way.” And then came Friday, when his wife revealed a totally new perspective on Bush’s post-presidential life: He learned to draw and paint an an iPad app.” (from theatlanticwire.com)

Read more and see what Laura Bush had to say about George Bush and iPad painting here.

And from the Huffington Post, “In an interview with NPR’s “Morning Edition” on Thursday, former first lady Laura Bush said her husband wasn’t quite ready to show his work.”No, none of the paintings are in the museum now,” she said, “but maybe if he gets better at it.”