Former President George W. Bush says his favorite from among the portraits he's painted of world leaders is the one he did of his father, former President George H.W. Bush. "I painted a gentle soul," he says. George W. Bush Presidential Center hide caption
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Former President George W. Bush gave Tonight Show host Jay Leno a painting Tuesday night. Since leaving the White House, Bush has taken up painting. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno's YouTube channel hide caption
President Obama (right) with Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., on the first hole of the golf course at Andrews Air Force Base on May 6. Pablo Martinez Monsivais /AP hide caption
During George W. Bush's presidency, Republican leaders won praise for expanding food assistance. Now the House GOP is drawing criticism for cutting it. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
Former President George W. Bush at the April dedication of his presidential library in Dallas. Larry W. Smith /EPA /LANDOV hide caption
President Obama and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete take questions at a joint news conference Monday in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Former President George W. Bush and his successor, President Obama, at the April 25 dedication of Bush's library on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Larry W. Smith /EPA /LANDOV hide caption
President Obama and former President George W. Bush at the dedication of the George W. Bush library in Dallas. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
President Obama, former presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter attend the opening ceremony of the George W. Bush Presidential Center on Thursday in Dallas, Texas. The Bush library, which is located on the campus of Southern Methodist University, with more than 70 million pages of paper records, 43,000 artifacts, 200 million emails and four million photographs. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Former first lady Barbara Bush in March 2012. Tom Pennington/Getty Images hide caption
Statues of former Presidents George W. Bush (left) and his father, George H.W. Bush, stand at the George W. Bush Presidential Center on the SMU campus in Dallas, where the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum will be dedicated Thursday. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images hide caption
The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum officially opens this week in Dallas, Texas. Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
President Obama leaves the White House briefing room Tuesday after making a statement about the bombings at the Boston Marathon. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
Former President George W. Bush, as he delivered a tribute at the funeral for pianist Van Cliburn last month in Fort Worth, Texas. Joyce Marshall /MCT /Landov hide caption
Former President George W. Bush, former first lady Laura Bush with their daughter Jenna Bush Hager (holding baby Margaret Laura "Mila" Hager) and her husband Henry Hager Today Show hide caption