Her abstract, psychedelic works are full of repeated, obsessive mark making that energize the surface and imply a depth of space. In "Night Visitor", based on a childhood dream, Takenaga draws a "kind of death/creation image- many elements coming together or breaking apart from the whole. The small elements can be seen as tiny spiraling Tibetan wheels of life, hairy rosettes. groovy references to 60's psychedelia, or as described in the Village Voice, 'centrifugal eyelashes'". "Shaker Blue" is a swirling, cosmic composition that has implied deep space and motion.