Traditional Bush Tuckerby Therese Ryder

This painting depicts edible bush foods (bush tucker) the Eastern Arrernte women collect from Central Australia. Aboriginal women are the principal food gatherers, whilst the men go hunting.

Illustrated bush food are (starting left bottom of artwork) :-

The name of each fruit are provided in Eastern Arrernte language.

Artist:Therese Ryder
Title:Traditional Bush Tucker
ID:0801916
Medium:Acrylic on Canvas
Size:87 x 69 cm
Region:Ltyentye Apurte, Central Australia

Artist

Therese Ryder was born in 1946 at Todd River Station in Alice Springs, Central Australia.

As a young girl Therese lived and attended school at the Santa Teresa Mission (Ltyentye Apurte) where she was taught to paint water colour landscapes. Therese assisted the Institute of Aboriginal Development to compile the Central and Eastern Arrernte dictionary. She also taught Eastern Arrernte language at the Catholic High School in Alice Springs for many years. Therese is dedicated in passing on her knowledge of Eastern Arrernte culture to the younger generation. Her depictions are based on her country (east of Alice Springs) and traditional Aboriginal Food (bush tucker).

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