judge. >> reporter: da vinci, rembrandt, picasso, bush. >> i do take painting seriously. it's changed my life. >> reporter: the 43rd president of the united states presenting his latest canvas to jay leno. >> did you paint that? look at that! i can't make fun of him now. >> reporter: a marked difference from early period w., which trended towards, um, bathroom self-portraits, which the world learned about through hacked e-mails to the president's sister, dorothy. the critics raved that the paintings -- >> border on the visionary, the on sur absurd, the perverse, the prat boy. >> reporter: maybe rave wasn't exactly the right word, but everyone's a critic, including a fellow former occupant of the white house. >> i seriously considered calling you and asking you to do a portrait of me, until i saw the results of your sister's hacked e-mails. those bathroom sketches are