As Beoner points out, the metric for years of experience is a tricky one. I know folks with 20 years of experience at certain tasks, and I know other folks who have the same year of experience 20 times. They both have burned the same amount of calendar time, but one is much more proficient than the other.

My experience tells me that talent in visual arts can't be taught or bought. I've tried to learn it and buy it. Didn't work in either case. I have some minor skills from long repetition, but I don't seem to have the spark that makes things interesting to look at.