Prophet follows country painter (8)
I believe the answer is:
landseer
'painter' is the definition.
(Edwin Landseer RA)
'prophet follows country' is the wordplay.
'prophet' becomes 'seer' (both can mean someone who tells the future).
'follows' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'country' becomes 'land' (synonyms).
'seer' put after 'land' is 'LANDSEER'.
(Other definitions for landseer that I've seen before include "He painted" , "The Monarch of the_Glen painter" , "Artist" , "Dan reels about the painter" , "Send Lear out for the English painter" .)