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 Tolu. [21-342] (Acrylic on Linen) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by PATJU PRESLEY of Spinifex Artists. The title is Tolu. [21-342] (Acrylic on Linen)
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PATJU PRESLEY (dec)

Tolu
21-342 (2021)
Acrylic on Linen
 Tolu | 21-342
Acrylic on Linen
 137 x 90cm | 53.94 x 35.43in
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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 of Ilu that holds the Minyma Mankurpa Tjukurpa (Three Women Creation Line) and follows the journey of three women minyma Ikarka (spotted bower bird woman), minyma mutjurara (goanna woman) and minyma ngiyari (thorny devil woman) as they traverse the vast interior near the significant site of Waltjitjara. This is a sensitive story that Patju says he cannot elaborate on.

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 of Ilu that holds the Minyma Mankurpa Tjukurpa (Three Women Creation Line) and follows the journey of three women minyma Ikarka (spotted bower bird woman), minyma mutjurara (goanna woman) and minyma ngiyari (thorny devil woman)...