Painter skips first part — it's complicated (6)
I believe the answer is:
artist
'painter' is the definition.
(painter is an example)
'skips first part it's complicated' is the wordplay.
'skips first' means to remove the first letter.
'complicated' is an anagram indicator.
'part' with its first letter taken off is 'art'.
'its' is an anagram of 'ist'.
'art'+'ist'='ARTIST'
(Other definitions for artist that I've seen before include "Skilful, imaginative, performer" , "Creator of aesthetic works" , "A painter, sculptor or other creative person" , "One skilled in creative works" , "One engaged in painting" .)