Gawker obtained more photographs of George W. Bush’s paintings, originally taken from the former president and his family’s email accounts by a hacker using the name “Guccifer,” and this may be the most interesting batch yet.

weird paintings of george w bush

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A mix of landscapes, still lifes, and animal portraits (a subject he returns to time and again) these paintings show a burgeoning, sensitive artist stretching his painterly muscle—toying with perspective, experimenting with color, and giving his work symbolic and thematic heft.