Sunday painter

American  

noun

Fine Arts.

1. a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.

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Sunday painter British  

noun

1. a person who paints pictures as a hobby

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Example Sentences

And to the charges against him: “I am not an artist. I am a man who paints . . . I’m a Sunday painter who paints every day of the week.”

From The Wall Street Journal

He was popular, but for a long time the critics condescended to him, calling him a lightweight Sunday painter and deriding him for his “matchstick” figures.

From The Wall Street Journal

He spent two years at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, then went to work for the American Can Company in Easton, Pa. His landlady was a Sunday painter who suggested he visit the van Gogh exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum.

From New York Times

Situated near some established dealerships including Greengrassi, Cabinet and The Sunday Painter, and overshadowed by high-rise blocks of luxury apartments, Sundy is currently showing a series of new painted hangings by the Berlin-based artist Marco Bruzzone, priced from $5,000 to $9,000 each.

From New York Times

The painting had been donated to the University of Arizona Museum in 1958 by wealthy Baltimore businessman Edward J. Gallagher Jr., a Sunday painter who vacationed in the area.

From Los Angeles Times