Artist reckonin' to include kind of turn (7)
I believe the answer is:
gauguin
'artist' is the definition.
(Gauguin is an example)
'reckonin' to include kind of turn' is the wordplay.
'reckonin'' becomes 'gaugin'' ('gauging' pronounced like 'reckoning' was; gauging is a kind of reckoning).
'to include' indicates putting letters inside.
'kind of turn' becomes 'u' (u-turn).
'gaugin' placed around 'u' is 'GAUGUIN'.
(Other definitions for gauguin that I've seen before include "(Tahiti) French painter" , "Paul -, French artist who worked in the Pacific" , "Paul -, French Post-Impressionist painter" , "Tahiti-based French artist" , "French painter who worked in the South Pacific" .)