 Detailed 'kiln books' ensured she avoided repeating mistakes and was able to continually refine her technique.From 1932 until the 1950s Mahood’s regular exhibitions—held at the Sedon Galleries (1934–50), as well as with the Victorian Artists Society, the Melbourne Society of Women Painters, and the Arts and Crafts Society—received glowing reviews.She was included in William Moore’s The Story of Australian Art (1934), the first national survey of the field.