Yes. All aboriginal paintings, including dot paintings, had either a symbolic meaning or told a story.
Aboriginal people
They used Aboriginal Dot paintings
Vance Kirkland couldn't have been influenced by Aboriginal dot art. Kirkland actually starting painting his dot paintings seven years before the Aboriginal dot trend began.
You can make copies or imitations of aboriginal art, but if you are not aboriginal, neither is your work.
The Aborigines in the central part of Australia used dot paintings because these matched the materials they had on hand, such as sand, rocks, and bits of plants. Each part of a dot painting is symbolic, and the Aborigines also used these to teach their children important lessons.
http://www.aboriginalartshop.com/Ochre/ochre-aboriginal-art.html
Dots in aboriginal paintings can represent a variety of things, such as stars, sparks, tracks or burnt holes. Sometimes they merely form a background to the story being told in the artwork. The dots can also have the unusual function of obscuring the real story of the painting, and keeping secret meanings hidden. Further detailed explanation can be found at the related link below.
One of the most popular forms of painting among Aboriginal artists is the dot painting style, which originated in the 1970s in the Papunya community in Australia. These paintings often depict Dreamtime stories, landscapes, and cultural symbols using intricate patterns of dots. Artists like Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri and Emily Kame Kngwarreye have gained international recognition for their work, making Aboriginal dot paintings a significant and celebrated aspect of Indigenous Australian art.
An amazing peace of finer dot art
1000 years old
Sand paintings, rock art, totems, dot paintings- and possibly others:)
yes! just dont do something offensive!