Making a Mark

A Collection of Fine Spinifex Indigenous Art

Making a Mark

A Collection of Fine Spinifex Indigenous Art

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by KUNMANARA PATJU PRESLEY of Spinifex Artists. The title is Uwanmara. [20-34] (Acrylic on Linen) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by KUNMANARA PATJU PRESLEY of Spinifex Artists. The title is Uwanmara. [20-34] (Acrylic on Linen)
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KUNMANARA PATJU PRESLEY (dec)

Uwanmara
20-34
Acrylic on Linen
 Uwanmara | 20-34
Acrylic on Linen
 200 x 137cm | 78.74 x 53.94in
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Patju Presley paints with such a spiritual confidence, as someone who knows their place in the Creation. Here he depicts the significant site of Uwanmara. It is here that the Wati Kutjara Tjukurpa (Two Men Creation Line) passes.

This is an epic narrative that follows the journey of a water and son Wanampi (Water Serpent) who traverse the Spinifex Lands on ceremonial business. At Uwanmara, the son is being teased and beaten by all the children because he has different eyes.

These characters that Patju depicts within a living, breathing landscape are the creation beings who shaped the immediate environment as they moved through it, leaving a moral narrative etched into the physical domain as testament to their power and presence. it is this physical, spiritual and religious existence that cannot be separated for Patju and is what gives his work the transcendent quality we experience from it.

Patju Presley paints with such a spiritual confidence, as someone who knows their place in the Creation. Here he depicts the significant site of Uwanmara. It is here that the Wati Kutjara Tjukurpa (Two Men Creation Line) passes.

This is an epic narrative that follows the journey of a water and son Wanampi (Water Serpent) who traverse the Spinifex Lands on ceremonial business. At Uwanmara, the son is being teased and beaten by all the children because he has different eyes.

These...