In all the cities, each piece of art is decorated by an artist or would-be artist.
Simon is a drifter, a loser, a would-be artist.
Owen (David Marcus), a would-be artist, has just tried to kill himself because of a bad review.
Because of his open-door policy, Asch attracted many young and/or unique "would-be" artists.
Believe me, my dinner table has auditioned hundreds of would-be artists.
He's a would-be artist who becomes a house painter after being refused by the school of arts.
A would-be artist (Andrew Keegan) is working in a dead end job as a bank teller.
I'm a would-be photographic artist in my spare time.
"Everybody has a would-be artist in them," said Anthony P. Rhodes, executive vice president at the school.
Who or what is a would-be artist?