The Eglinton is one of the only road-accessible valleys in Fiordland National Park. The area was first explored by Europeans in 1861 and named after the British Earl of Eglinton. First surveyed in 1890 by London born engineer Robert Holmes, it took until 1935 to construct a rough hewn road with long stretches remaining gravel-surfaced until the 1980's. Today, State Highway 94, sections of which are referred to as the Milford Road, is one of New Zealand's most scenic routes. Travelling through Fiordland, it crosses the Main Divide of the Southern Alps.

In Dahlberg's magnificent, wide-open-space masterpiece we travel a smooth ribbon of highway to infinity. Golden tussock of summer covers the valley floor from which monumental landforms rise to a blue southern sky. Above it all Dahlberg's signature cubist cloud hovers. This is a painting that accords its viewers vision, breathing space and beauty, while putting life into perspective.