 Morris painted scenes of urban and pre-industrial rural Quebec not in support of a French Canadian identity but to suggest that the "primitive" could provide a sanctuary from modern life.From the first, deeply textured, strokes of her early works, to the gentle swoops of colour and line in her later landscapes, Morris exhibited a unique style that set her apart from her contemporaries.She painted from sketches, in which she simplified the forms and applied colour in bold, thick patches.