Commercial Art is traditionally delivered to a client in a brown paper bag with an invoice stapled to the outside. In fine art, it's the other way around. IF a picture is going badly, put a dog in it. Rock and Roll singers are artists. So are movie directors, performance artists, make-up artists, tattoo artists, con artists and rap artists.
Movie stars are artists.
Madonna is an artist, because she explores her own sexuality. Snoop Doggy Dogg is an artist because he explores other people's sexuality. Victims who express their pain are artists. So are guys in prison who express themselves on shirt cardboard. Even consumers are artists when they express themselves in their selection of commodities.