Georgia has only a year to become a painter (4)
I believe the answer is:
goya
'a painter' is the definition.
(Spanish painter Francisco Goya)
'georgia has only a year' is the wordplay.
'georgia' becomes 'GA' (abbreviation for the US state).
'has' is an insertion indicator.
'only' becomes 'o' (this might be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'a year' becomes 'y'.
'o'+'y'='oy'
'ga' enclosing 'oy' is 'GOYA'.
'to become' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for goya that I've seen before include "Great Spanish painter who depicted horrors of war" , "Francesco de ---, Sp. court painter" , "Spanish painter (Los Caprichos)" , "Francisco de ---- (1746-1828), Spanish painter of portraits" , "his etchings?" .)