Spinifex USA 2026

A Collection of Fine Spinifex Indigenous Art

Spinifex USA 2026

A Collection of Fine Spinifex Indigenous Art

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by PATJU PRESLEY of Spinifex Artists. The title is Makanya. [23-423] (Acrylic on Linen) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by PATJU PRESLEY of Spinifex Artists. The title is Makanya. [23-423] (Acrylic on Linen)
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PATJU PRESLEY (dec)

Makanya
23-423 (2023)
Acrylic on Linen
 Makanya | 23-423
Acrylic on Linen
 200 x 137cm | 78.74 x 53.94in
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Patju Presley paints with such spiritual confidence, as someone who knows their place in the Creation, often singing the associated songs of particular sites whilst rhythmically placing his myriad of dots to form his striking compositions. 

Here he depicts the significant site called Makanya. Makanya is the story of one woman Minyma Tjilkamata (echidna woman). Minyma tjilkamata ngintakaku yamatji (she is the wife of the pernetie lizard man). The ngintaka man was walking too fast and she couldn’t keep up.  Ngaltutjara (poor thing). She only as little legs. She was digging and travelling along, then stopping to dig some more. Parari long way, right up north of Kalayapiti. Minyma kutju ananyi, shes travelling alone. She travelled up to Ukaralya, my country, good country.

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 spiritual confidence, as someone who knows their place in the Creation, often singing the associated songs of particular sites whilst rhythmically placing his myriad of dots to form his striking compositions. 
Here he depicts the significant site called Makanya. Makanya is the story of one woman Minyma Tjilkamata (echidna woman). Minyma tjilkamata ngintakaku yamatji (she is the wife of the pernetie lizard man). The ngintaka man was walking too fast and she...