George Hairbrush Tjungurrayi, one of the original members of what were to become the Aboriginal art movement, was born around 1943 in his country North West of Kiwirrkurra, located in the Gibson Desert in Western Australia. While his early works resemble that of some of the great Papunya masters, Tjungurrayi soon developed his own distinctive style. He has perfected a minimalist and abstracted style of painting that is characterized by transverse parallel lines that pulse with subtle optical rhythm. His art, in some ways, suggests abstract or optical art. However, his lines are all hand-drawn and softer and his canvases are often multi-layered to create an illusion of movement and shadows beneath the surface. His works retain a strong connection with his ancestral Dreaming stories in which the Tingari ancestors travelled vast stretches of Country, performing rituals and creating and shaping particular sites. In particular, Tjungurrayi paints the Tingari stories of his ancestral country. Tjungurrayi’s work is held in a number of collections, including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (AU); Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide (AU); Groninger Museum, the Netherlands (NL); Musée national des Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie, Paris (FR); National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (AU); Seattle Art Museum, Washington (USA) and University of Virginia, Charlottesville (USA) among others.