Meant to create as an artist (5)
I believe the answer is:
manet
'artist' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'meant to create' is the wordplay.
'to create' indicates an anagram.
'meant' anagrammed gives 'MANET'.
'as an' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for manet that I've seen before include "Painter of Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe, d. 1883" , "French painter" , "Edouard ---, pre-impressionist" , "Edouard -- (artist)" , "artistic individual" .)