Words similar to artiste

Example sentences for: artiste

How can you use “artiste” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

No, he's a fiercely independent artiste with a secret cerebral side who takes long road trips in beat-up vehicles.
Recently my girlfriend began forcing me to forego my usual visit to the $12-a-cut barber in favor of her "hair artiste" friend, Raoul, who wants not only the customary $50 for the half inch he shears with such aesthetic sensibility from my scalp but also a tip.
With people like the artiste Raoul, remain generous--as with the bartender--because some consequences of withholding tips are more noticeable than others.
(I read somewhere that a striptease artiste in California a few years ago adopted as her stage name Norma Vincent Peel .)