A professional who paints variety of original subject material, such as landscapes, portraits, still lifes, and abstracts, using watercolors, oils, acrylics, tempera, or other paint medium. Responsibilities include:

• Conceives and develops ideas for painting, based on assignment, personality, interests, and knowledge of painting methods and techniques.
• Applies color medium to canvas or other surface, using brushes, pallet knives, and various other artist's tools and equipment.
• Integrates and develops visual elements, such as line, space, mass, color, and perspective to produce desired effect.
• May make preliminary sketch of painting.
• May coat finished painting with varnish or other preservative.
• May paint in particular style, such as realism, impressionism, naturalism, or regionalism.
• May specialize in particular media, or subject material.
• May teach painting (teacher, art).
• May work in other art mediums, such as etching, drawing, or sculpture.
• May be identified according to specialization, style, media, technique, or subject matter.
• May paint scenic backgrounds, murals, portraiture, and other items for use on motion picture and television production sets and be designated Scenic Artist.