 There she would paint the fields and sunsets or indulge in her love for animals by painting cows and sheep.However, since exhibitors preferred her town rather than her country scenes, most of her time was spent developing her winter sketches into larger canvases.Morris's paintings can be compared to the work of Les Nabis, a group of mainly French painters active in the 1890s, whose works were influenced by Paul Gauguin’s expressive use of colour and rhythmic pattern.