Is able to get five to like the artist's work (6)
I believe the answer is:
canvas
'artist's work' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'is able to get five to like' is the wordplay.
'is able to' becomes 'can' (if you can do something you are able to do it).
'get' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'five' becomes 'V' (Roman numeral).
'to like' becomes 'as'.
'can'+'v'+'as'='CANVAS'
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for canvas that I've seen before include "Heavy fabric used by politicians?" , "Cloth used for tents, sails etc" , "Material often used by artist to paint on" , "Painting - sails" , "Strong coarse cloth" .)