Kenneth Mingun – Planes in the Sky 2026

• Size: 40.5 x 51 cm
• Medium: Acrylic on pre-stretched

This is a story I’ve been told by my family. In the early days, my aunty and my nan and grandfather would be camping in the bush. Sometimes they would see the planes go past in the sky, the jets. They didn’t know what it was. They were scared, they didn’t know anything about planes. To protect themselves they would get the ashes from the fire and throw them in the air. In this painting I’ve shown the stars in the sky. The brown circles are my relatives. The small dots are the ashes.