There are artists who paint from their minds eye. There are artists who paint models or scenery. There are artists who sculpt. There are artists who take bits of metal they find in junk yards and weld them together into something new. There are artists who take everyday objects and arrange them in interesting ways to convey a message. You may like one form over another, but how can you say any one of these is any less an "artist" than any other? So long as their piece conveys the message or emotion they were striving for, or better yet evokes that emotion in me the viewer, then they have accomplished what they set out to do. When one of my favorite artists here does a piece I really like I don't stop to ask if every nch of it is their creation. I marvel at the finished work...THAT is what makes them a favorite of mine. The finished work. Not the choices of medium they made along the way.