{"id":3828,"date":"2013-11-20T09:29:38","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T14:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/?p=3828"},"modified":"2013-11-20T09:29:38","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T14:29:38","slug":"george-w-bush-tackles-portraits-of-other-humans-starting-with-jay-leno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2013\/11\/20\/george-w-bush-tackles-portraits-of-other-humans-starting-with-jay-leno\/","title":{"rendered":"George W. Bush Tackles Portraits of Other Humans, Starting With Jay Leno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pixel.nymag.com\/imgs\/daily\/intelligencer\/2013\/11\/20\/20-bush-painting.o.jpg\/a_190x190.jpg?w=525\"><\/p>\n<p>George W. Bush <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2013\/11\/20\/george-w-bush-makes-stop-on-nbcs-the-tonight-show\/\">appeared on<\/a> <i>The Tonight Show<\/i> Tuesday to share important news about his art (and something about about health initiatives in Africa): He&#8217;s done a portrait of Jay Leno. Apparently, Bush&#8217;s Pet Period is coming to a close, and after experimenting with a painting of <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2013\/03\/george-w-bush-dog-painting.html\">himself as a dog<\/a> and two <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2013\/02\/jerry-saltz-george-w-bush-is-a-good-painter.html\">bathtub self-portraits<\/a>, he&#8217;s moved on to other humans. Frankly, the work itself is disappointingly one-dimensional, but hopefully this will lead to paintings as profound as <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2013\/03\/george-w-bush-dog-paintings-contain-multitudes.html\">Barney staring longingly through the White House fence<\/a>. Maybe Vladimir Putin&#8217;s face reflected in a Super Bowl ring? Dick Cheney trapped inside his man-sized safe?<\/p>\n<p>Read more posts by <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/author\/margaret%20hartmann\">Margaret Hartmann<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Filed Under: <strong><a title=\"Read all posts tagged george w. bush\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vulture.com\/news\/george-w.-bush\">george w. bush<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>,<a title=\"Read all posts tagged tonight show\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vulture.com\/news\/tonight-show\">tonight show<\/a><br \/>\n,<a title=\"Read all posts tagged 43\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vulture.com\/news\/43\">43<\/a><br \/>\n,<a title=\"Read all posts tagged jay leno\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vulture.com\/news\/jay-leno\">jay leno<\/a><br \/>\n,<a title=\"Read all posts tagged video\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vulture.com\/news\/video\">video<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>via Daily Intelligencer http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2013\/11\/george-w-bush-paints-portrait-of-jay-leno.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George W. Bush appeared on The Tonight Show Tuesday to share important news about his art (and something about about health initiatives in Africa): He&#8217;s done a portrait of Jay Leno. Apparently, Bush&#8217;s Pet Period is coming to a close, and after experimenting with a painting of himself as a dog and two bathtub self-portraits, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2013\/11\/20\/george-w-bush-tackles-portraits-of-other-humans-starting-with-jay-leno\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;George W. 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