Marie Ryder / Women Gathering Wild Figs

A Central Australian artist who learned by watching her mother, Therese Ryder. Her richly coloured, representational artworks celebrate bush foods and the Country that sustains them. After watching her mother paint and observing her techniques Marie began creating art when she was in her early twenties and developed her own style. Marie was born in 1966 and spent formative years at Santa Teresa community, approx. 80 kilometres south east of Alice Springs.

Marie is the eldest child of senior artist Therese Ryder and has eight younger brothers and sisters. Her artworks are a celebration of the bush foods from Central Australia. Marie’s practice is held in private collections both within Australia and overseas.