Can the eye of a gifted artist be transferred to someone not born with the gift?

I think so, yes.
Creativity, on the other hand, I’m not so sure can be learned.

Check out the book, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. It doesn’t teach you how to draw, it teaches you how to see. That’s the difference!

Yes.People can learn to draw,paint,sculpt whatever.:)

You can learn, but you are limited in how far you can go without innate skill.

Yikes. I thought you were talking about an actual eyeball transplant. My answer would have been a big, fat no. It’s still an equivocal no. I think the techniques and skills can be learned and mastered, the craft, but I think the “art” of it, what separates a creative or artistic genius from a skilled craftsman, or someone who has mastered technique cannot be learned. It is particular to an individual and it is most likely a combination number of different things including innate talent, temperament and personal history and experience that makes a great artist great.

I think artists are made not born it is just children of artist are more malleable and impressionable when a parent, guardian or sibling has the gift to pass on and exposes the young mind to the creative process. Either way, IMO it is never too late…you just got to do it! It is a lot of fun! ;)

If you’re not born with the talent, you can only go so far. You may be able to learn certain techniques but your ability is still limited.
I would compare it to singing. If you don’t have the natural talent and ability to hear and reproduce the right sound, then no amount of training will make you sound like Whitney Houston.

@madeline I know people who insist that anyone who is not deaf can be taught to sing with perfect pitch. So who knows?

Well actually snowberry, I know.
I grew up with talented singers who insisted I could be taught to sing with perfect pitch. After years of proffesional training, and genuine hard work on my end, I stil struggle to sing happy birthday in key.