The phrase "artist father" refers to a person who is both an artist and a parent. It means that the person is skilled in creating art and also has the role of a father. Full definition
An inseparable clique, spending every weekend in the ramshackle mill where Kate lived with her «step - brother» and her loving, easygoing artist father, the foursome had been drawn into a dark lie by that call for help — one that changed their lives and sent them scattering. (bookpage.com)
Raised since she was 12 solely by her volatile, abusive, and less talented artist father, Artemisia spends her days as her father's apprentice, grinding pigments and completing most of his commissions. (booklistonline.com)
When jet pilot Annie Peregrine Goode's con artist father, Jack, turns up, on the run again, she is swept back into the maelstrom of his life. (booklistonline.com)