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 dotted painting in earth tones featuring a central dark form surrounded by radiating patterns in browns, whites, and ochres.
Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri
Warlugulong
1976 · synthetic polymer paint on canvas

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Abstract artwork composed of repeating zigzag and wavy linear patterns in tan, brown, and cream colors throughout.
Doreen Reid Nakamarra
Women's Dreaming at Marrapinti
2006 · Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

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Abstract artwork featuring geometric wooden planks in earth tones with red curved forms and dotted background patterns.
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
Man's Love Story
1997 · synthetic polymer paint on canvas

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Abstract artwork featuring interconnected curved lines, circular motifs, and organic shapes in terracotta, brown, cream, and blue tones.
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
Spirit Dreaming through Napperby Country
1980 · synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Aboriginal artwork featuring striped snakes and concentric circles on a yellow background by Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri.
Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri
Snake Dreaming
1989 · acrylic

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Aboriginal dot painting with alternating vertical stripes of dark blue and olive green featuring brown circular and curved motifs outlined in white dots.
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
Men's Dreaming
1983 · acrylic

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Aboriginal dot painting featuring concentric circles, curved lines, and dotted patterns in red, white, blue, yellow, and brown tones.
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
Men's Dreaming
1990 · acrylic

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Aboriginal dot painting featuring interconnected curved lines and dotted patterns in rust, ochre, navy, cream, and white with central circular motifs.
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
Goanna Dreaming
1988 · acrylic

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Aboriginal dot painting featuring four white birds with black heads arranged symmetrically around central circles on striped background of rust, gold, and green.
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
Men's Dreaming
1985 · acrylic

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Aboriginal dot painting with symmetrical vertical composition in red, gold, brown, and white featuring repeated diamond and circular motifs.
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
Water Dreaming
1982 · acrylic

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Abstract dot painting featuring white daisies, yellow spirals, and serpentine forms on ochre, burgundy, and blue background.
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
Men's Dreaming
1988 · acrylic

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Dotted abstract landscape artwork in teal, white, burgundy, and ochre featuring concentric circles at center surrounded by organic shapes.
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
Corkwood Dreaming
1992 · acrylic

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Yuelamu honey ant dreaming, 1980, by Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri features symmetrical concentric circles and geometric patterns in terracotta, brown, and cream tones.
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
Yuelamu honey ant dreaming
1980 · synthetic polymer paint on canvas

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Colorful dotted artwork with horizontal stripes in red, gold, and blue containing white patterns, birds, and dark figures throughout.
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
Bush fire dreaming
1982 · synthetic polymer paint on canvas

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Horizontal stripes in yellow, red, blue, white, and brown with a dark curved line dividing the composition vertically.
Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
Bushfire dreaming
2003 · synthetic polymer paint on canvas

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Aboriginal dot painting featuring two stylized faces with circular eyes and curved mouths on a dark central panel surrounded by brown, tan, and black patterned background.
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
Man's Love Story
1978 · synthetic polymer paint on canvas

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Horizontal striped pattern in tan, brown, and gold tones creating a woven textile-like appearance.
Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula
Straightening spears at Ilyingaungau
1990 · synthetic polymer paint on canvas

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Abstract dotted painting in ochre, white, red, and brown tones with scattered circular patterns throughout the composition.
Polly Ngale
Bush Plum Country
2002 · Synthetic polymer on linen

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Concentric brown ovals with dotted white patterns on tan background, created by Yala Yala Gibbes in 1972.
Yala Yala Gibbes
Snake and Water Dreaming
1972 · Earth pigments and synthetic polymer paint on composition board

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Abstract artwork featuring concentric circles arranged in a grid pattern against a black background, predominantly in brown, cream, and olive-yellow tones.
Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
Papa Dingo-Near Kiwirrkura
1996 · Synthetic polymer paint on linen

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Abstract geometric artwork featuring concentric circles, spirals, and parallel lines in orange and dark grey on a rectangular canvas.
Ronnie Tjampitjinpa
Marpurinya
1987 · Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

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Aboriginal dot painting featuring five concentric circles aligned vertically with surrounding geometric patterns in ochre, white, blue, and brown.
Uta Uta Tjangala
Kililingya

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Aboriginal dot painting featuring concentric circles and geometric patterns in cream, brown, purple, and ochre colors on a dotted background.
Uta Uta Tjangala
Untitled

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Aboriginal dot painting featuring black and tan organic shapes with white dotted outlines on a terracotta background.
Mick Wallangkarri Tjakamarra
Old Man's Dreaming on Death or Destiny
1972 · Synthetic polymer paint on composition board

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