DALLAS—Even among his friends, George W. Bush always has been known as the man who can’t sit still—a guy so fidgety he could barely make it through the long ceremonies he was required to attend as president.

So it was to some a surprise when an email began making the rounds among Bush’s friends and former staffers more than a year ago announcing that the former president had picked up a new hobby: Bush, the email said, had become a painter.

“When I first heard about it, I literally couldn’t imagine it,” said Karen Hughes, a longtime friend and adviser to the former president. “I immediately emailed him, and was like, ‘Is this true?’”

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