Canine artist with daughter in work in America (8)
I believe the answer is:
labrador
'canine' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'artist with daughter in work in america' is the wordplay.
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'work in america' becomes 'labor' (I've seen this in other clues).
'ra'+'d'='rad'
'rad' inserted into 'labor' is 'LABRADOR'.
(Other definitions for labrador that I've seen before include "Breed of gun dog" , "Newfoundland area; dog" , "Bar a lord from Canada" , "Canadian region and dog-breed" , "Breed of retriever" .)