Matisse Obsessed? These Are The 13 Artists You Should Be Following on Instagram

1. Em McLeod

If you’re a fan of Matisse’s cut-out work done in the later years of his life, let us introduce you to Bundjalung-based artist Em McLeod. Em’s art is brought to life with an earthy blend of acrylic paint and portrays intuitive, free-flowing compositions. Although her work is in a different medium to Matisse’s later creations, the organic shapes and block colours in her tonal pieces are reminiscent of his iconic works.

3. Hannah Carrick

Australian artist Hannah Carrick uses her art to celebrate the female form and create healing and solitude – for herself and for those view it. Her work is recognisable by her bold use of colour, scale, and textured paint, as she builds layers with richly pigmented oil paint and mixed media.

Take a tour of her studio and home

5. Emma Currie

In her paintings, contemporary artist Emma Currie pays homage to the beauty and strength of the female form. Using vibrant, contrasting colour palettes (think soft creamy apricots and muted blue hues), Emma’s work combines fluid curves with rigid lines to convey the complexities of her forever muse.

Take a tour of her Melbourne home

7. Mirador

Another artist whose works extend beyond the canvases they’re painted on is Lutruwita-based artist and art therapist, Lauren Cassar. Her intimate work contemplates the meeting of two contrary experiences; the domestic and the wild, kindred to Matisse’s earlier works portraying organic landscapes in abstract ways.

9. Jackie Anderson

New Zealand-born mixed media artist Jackie Anderson creates pieces characterised by her confident use of colour and abstract shapes and marks. Using visual imagery to build abstracted and re-arranged landscapes that are unrestricted by traditional notions of scale, Jackie’s colourful pieces depict familiar landscapes in unfamiliar ways.

11. Charlotte Swiden

Swedish-born painter Charlotte Swiden produces geometric pieces which have a Matisse-like quality to them, and are inspired by her Scandinavian heritage and love of nature. Her medium is acrylic paint and impasto, which she uses to create bold forms in rich colours to reflect modern life and inner landscapes.

Take a tour of her Mornington Peninsula home

13. Ripple Root

Based in Singapore, Ripple Root is the artist moniker of Liquan Liew and Estella Ng. The duo collaborate to create carefree works depicting nature and wildlife. Using bold strokes and vibrant colours, their work is reminiscent of Matisse’s fauvism years when he painted French landscapes in the summer.