The islands in the painting draw from an archival photograph of Jurong Islands from 1960, before land reclamation reshaped the area. HDB flats were later built in Jurong to provide housing for the growing number of women working in the factories on the Jurong industrial estate, and many of them would walk to work from their homes.

The aesthetic of the painting references the styles of ukiyo-e, a genre of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, and traditional Chinese landscape painting, where natural elements dominate the composition and human figures appear smaller in scale.

This approach underscores the storytelling nature of the work, presenting an imagined landscape that weaves together different moments in time.