Full title: Look Mummy, there's an aeroplane up in the sky.

I wanted a really moody effect for this painting, and the red sort of reflects ideas of death and blood. I started out drawing the planes in kiddie-style, but they ended up sort of surreal and bomb-like, and really menacing (which is good!). Also, I made the barrage balloons look sort of friendly because they're protection. And the shed-thing is supposed to be shelter that the frightened mother is trying to drag the child to. The whole idea is that the child doesn't really understand about the war. The gas-masks add to the scaryness... they look blank and frightened at the same time, as if whatever's happening is too terrible to scream at.

Inspired by "Goodbye Blue Sky" (Track 7), The Wall, by Pink Floyd. Lyrics:

Did you see the frightened ones?
Did you hear the falling bombs?
Did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter
When the promise of a brave new world
Unfurled beneath a clear blue sky?

Did you see the frightened ones?
Did you hear the falling bombs?
The flames are all long-gone,
But the pain lingers on.

Goodbye Blue Sky
Goodbye Blue Sky
Goodbye.