George W. Bush paints a rather endearing father-son portrait


"I was very proud to be standing next to a man I admire greatly," George Bush tells Today’s Savannah Guthrie in an interview Monday. "First thing I wanted to make sure is I got the noses right. I've tried to paint a gentle soul, and I did it. As for me, I kind of bumbled through."
See Bush's latest work below for yourself. --Lauren Hansen
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Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.
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