Elton Wirri is the son of artists Doris Abbott and Kevin Wirri (Tjapaltjarri), inheritors of the painting tradition founded by renowned watercolourist Albert Namatjira at Hermannsburg (Ntaria) in Central Australia. Wirri grew up in Kaltukatjara (Docker River), located some 200 kilometres west of Uluru, and today works from the Aboriginal-owned and directed Iltja Ntjarra Many Hands Art Centre.

In this painting, Wirri has depicted Palm Valley that is situated within the Finke Gorge National Park and is home to the red cabbage palm, from which the area takes its name. Palm Valley is a meandering landscape of sandstone amphitheatres, peaks and gorges, located some 140 kilometres west of Alice Springs.