Australian Aboriginal art dot paintings


Dot paintings of the desert peoples are often called sand paintings. This reference stems from their genesis in ground paintings that are created by clans as they move from place to place in the desert. The clan gathers around a central site, which is cleared so that "paintings" can be created using seeds, flowers, sand, stones, feathers, and other natural substances. The clan elders sing their way through the painting process, imparting tribal knowledge to younger members of the clan. The various symbols are explained and interpreted as lessons in the clan's history and heritage, its creation story, and the location of sacred sites, food sources, and water holes.

Today, these designs are painted on art board and canvas for sale to the outside world. While the precise meanngs of the designs are usually unclear to outsiders, they have deep cultural significance to clan members. Details usually are not revealed to anyone outside the clan. Even then, only males who 'graduate' to high rank in the clan learn the full menaing of the designs.

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Mervyn Rubuntja Australian Aboriginal painting
K107 24"x16" -
Mervyn Rubuntja
Xavier Wimmitji Australian Aborigine painitng
K109 24"x35.5" -
Xavier Wimmitji

KB14 18"x28" -
Christine Peterson Nangala

K166 Walpiri -
Don Tjungurrayi
Eunice Napangardi Aboriginal dot painting
KA26 Warlpiri 32"x23"


Narpula Scobie Aboriginal dot painting

KA72 24"x18"

W688 Aborignal art pansy Napangadi

W688 Walpiri 36"x30"

William Sandy Aboriginal art

KB06 Pitjantjatjara 46.5"x26.25"

Narpula Scobie Aboriginal desert painting
KA71 24"x18"

KA31 Aboriginal art Loretta McDonald

KA31 Worimi 23"x23"
KA28 Aboriginal art Len Cunningham
KA28 Worimi 24"x35"


KA29 Aboriginal art Linda Currie

KA29 Worimi 22"x23"

Luck Morton Aboriginal dot painting
KB19 23" X 18"
K168 Aborignal art William Sandy oil
K168 Pitjantjatjara

W794 - 48" x 27" - Tiwi
Edwin Fernando Aboriginal Tiwi painting
KC52 Tiwi 36"x49"
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