A painter is a creative artist in the medium of painting.
Painter may also refer to:
- Painter (band), a Canadian rock band
- Painter (rope), a rope that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for tying up or for towing
- Painter (surname)
- Painter, Virginia, United States
- Corel Painter, computer software
- house painter, a tradesman responsible for the painting of buildings
- Sweatt v. Painter, a legal case
- Painter Crowe, a DARPA operative in James Rollins' Sigma Force novels
- another name for the cougar
- Painter (film), a 2020 psychological thriller