Time and about $1.8 million have restored the one-story, three-bedroom house to look as it did in the early 1950s, when George H.W. Bush and wife, Barbara, lived there.

Just as “Portraits” presents the 43rd president as a compassionate artist, the George W. Bush Childhood Home in Midland, Texas, opens a window on a nostalgic view of American life and values ...

Former President George W. Bush didn't need to look too far for inspiration for his newest works of art. The 78-year-old has brushed portraits of world leaders and people who immigrated to the U.S.