Contemporary Aboriginal

These paintings center on ancestral stories tied to snakes, goannas, and kangaroos, rendered in dense fields of dots and tracking lines. Palettes run through ochre, rust, black, and white, with compositions built from repeating marks that suggest tracks, waterholes, and journeys across country. "Men's Dreaming" by Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri shows how layered symbols carry these narratives across generations.

Corkwood Dreaming by Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
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Abstract artwork featuring layered horizontal bands of blue, yellow, red, and white with intricate patterned designs throughout.
Yulyurlu Lorna Napurrurla Fencer
Yarla
1997 · Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

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A black snake winds vertically through dotted patterns in orange, yellow, and cream tones with dark shapes and red accents.
Keith Kaapa Tjangala
Snake Dreaming
1989 · acrylic

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Aboriginal dot painting featuring two white goannas, red and black cross motifs, and geometric patterns on deep red background.
Kaapa Tjampitjinpa
Goanna Dreaming
1973 · unidentified paint on paper

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Abstract artwork featuring black and white linear marks radiating outward in organic, leaf-like patterns across the composition.
Gloria Tamerre Petyarr
Leafs
2002

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Abstract composition of small dots in yellow, white, black, and purple scattered across the canvas in varying densities.
Kathleen Ngal
Bush Plum Country
2003 · Synthetic polymer on linen

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Abstract artwork composed of densely clustered circular dots in warm tones of ochre, pink, red, and white across the entire canvas.
Polly Ngale
Bush Plum
2015 · Acrylic on linen

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Aboriginal dot painting featuring a central serpentine form surrounded by concentric circles and geometric patterns in ochre, pink, white, and black.
Anatjari Tjakamarra
Big Snake Dreaming
1975 · acrylic

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Aboriginal artwork featuring a central concentric circle design surrounded by white boomerangs and brown dotted patterns on tan background.
Anatjari Tjakamarra
Big Pintupi Dreaming Ceremony
1972 · Synthetic polymer paint on composition board

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Abstract composition of densely packed tiny dots in warm tones of gold, red, orange, and brown creating an overall textured surface.
Polly Ngale
My Mother's Country, Emu Seed
2005 · Synthetic polymer on linen

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Two banded snakes with striped patterns face each other on a pale yellow background with a circular design above.
Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula
Snake Dreaming
1984 · acrylic

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Concentric circular patterns in brown and white arranged in a three-by-three grid on a gold and red geometric background.
Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
Dream of Two Women
1990 · Acrylic on canvas

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Aboriginal dot painting featuring kangaroo and rainbow serpent motifs in ochre, red, green, and cream tones arranged symmetrically.
Michael Nelson Tjakamarra
Kangaroo Dreaming with Rainbow Serpent
1992 · acrylic

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Aboriginal artwork featuring black snakes and kangaroos among dotted patterns in earth tones of brown, red, yellow, and blue.
Michael Nelson Tjakamarra
Snake and Kangaroo Dreaming
1991 · acrylic

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Abstract dotted painting in predominantly brown, tan, and dark blue tones creating an overall textured surface composition.
Kathleen Ngal
Arlparra, My Country, Bush Plum Country
2002 · Synthetic polymer on linen

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Black and white abstract artwork featuring repetitive curved linear patterns creating a three-dimensional wave-like surface composition.
Gloria Tamerre Petyarr
Awelye
2002 · Synthetic polymer on linen

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Abstract artwork composed of densely packed, directional brushstrokes in red, yellow, blue, and white on a lavender background, creating flowing patterns.
Gloria Tamerre Petyarr
Leaves
2001 · Synthetic polymer on linen

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Abstract painting featuring densely packed oval leaf shapes in yellow, red, white, and green on a blue background.
Gloria Tamerre Petyarr
Bush Medicine Leaves
2013 · Acrylic on linen

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Aboriginal dot painting with concentric circles in earth tones and white arranged on a patterned background of ochre and green.
Yala Yala Gibbes
Tingari Myth

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Aboriginal dot painting with concentric circles and geometric patterns in white, red, pink, brown and purple tones arranged in horizontal bands.
Timmy Payungka Tjapangati
Tingari Dreaming

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Concentric circles in rust-red and cream dots radiating from a central point, surrounded by yellow-green dotted background.
Uta Uta Tjangala
Untitled (concentric circles)
1984 · acrylic

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Aboriginal dot painting with vertical striped composition in brown, yellow, and cream tones featuring circular and linear motifs.
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
Flying Ant Dreaming
Acrylic on canvas

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Aboriginal dot painting featuring concentric geometric patterns in browns, reds, yellows, and whites with a stylized figure on the left.
Uta Uta Tjangala
Old Man's Dreaming
1983 · synthetic polymer paint on canvas

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Aboriginal dot painting featuring stylized red and blue striped snakes against a tan and gold dotted background.
Rene Robinson Napangardi
Snake Dreaming

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Aboriginal dot painting featuring symmetrical patterns in brown, blue, yellow, and cream with central striped border.
Paddy Carroll Tjunurrayi
Budgerigar Dreaming

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