 Working outdoors, the painter developed a powerful style that defined her career.Her inspiration derived from various environments including her hometown of Whitby, and her travel to the Gatineau area, as well as to Eastern Canada, including Newfoundland, and to Trinidad, Jamaica, Bahama Islands in the West Indies, Alaska, Eastern United States, Western Canada, Venice, Italy and the Swiss Alps.She worked in many media which included watercolour, pastel and oil.