What is called a painter?

What is called a painter depends on context, as painter is broad term. Someone who paints pictures as art is called painter, artist, fine artist, visual artist, portraitist, landscape painter, muralist, watercolorist, oil painter, illustrator, or master painter if highly skilled. Someone who paints houses and buildings is called house painter, interior painter, exterior painter, decorator, painter and decorator in UK, painting contractor, professional painter, residential painter, commercial painter, or finishing contractor. Someone who paints as hobby is called amateur painter, hobbyist painter, or art enthusiast. In industry, equipment that paints can be called paint sprayer, but person operating is painter. In baseball slang, a pitcher who throws precisely on edge of strike zone is called a painter because he paints the corners. In construction, painter may be called coating applicator. So person who applies paint is called painter, but specific title is artist for art painting and house painter or decorator for building painting. The term painter comes from Old French peintour meaning to paint, and covers anyone whose work involves applying paint, whether for artistic expression or protective decoration, and is used for both profession and hobby.