Frances Walker's (b. 1930) After the Storm (Tiree) depicts the rolling hills of the Inner Hebridean island of Tiree. The painting is dominated by vibrant hues of green dressing the island's hills, only sparingly interrupted with light blue streaks of water. The storm clouds on the horizon are separated through a strip of sand and constitute a marked constrast, seemingly continuing to overshadow the landscape even after the storm. 

Walker, one of Scotland's most prolific living landscape painters, who, since she retired from teaching at Gray's School of Art in 1986, has split her time between Aberdeen and Tiree, painted this scene in 1987, influenced by her concern about Tiree's rising sea levels. Walker's art is marked by her fascination with remote places, including Tiree, where she owns a thatched cottage. 

Frances Walker CBE RSA RSW, born 1930

Frances Walker was born in the Scottish town of Kirkcaldy. She is an painter, draughtsperson, printmaker, and teacher. She studied at Edinburgh College of Art before becoming a teacher. She was a founding member of Peacock Print Studio, which contributes to artistic practise and development in Aberdeen. Walker's paintings and prints depict wild and desolate landscapes. While much of her work focuses on Scottish landscapes and terrains, she frequently travels to remote locations for inspiration, including Antarctica and South Georgia. Walker has shown with the RSA and RSW regularly, in addition to a number of solo exhibitions. In 1991, she was featured in the RWA exhibition 'Scottish Art in the Twentieth Century'.