invisible artist

An artist who works in obscurity. (The greatest joy and deepest melancholy of
an invisible artist is to flash for a brief instant into visibility, to set up a small
stage upon the earth for people to view one’s work, to lean awkwardly in the
corner and watch people view that art. From time to time, I’ve had such an
experience, one that reminds me why I am an invisible artist and how
appropriate it is to my temperament.) (The concept of the invisible artist—one
who creates in obscurity, who works in little-known or little-appreciated arts,
who passes for a real person—is another vanishing point.)