Among her finest works are those of women and children in the 1880s, including Dame i ridedrakt (Woman in Riding Attire, 1884) and a portrait of the opera singer Eva Sars (1886).

In 1888, a work inspired by Henrik Ibsen's Brand which was selected for the Nordic Exhibition in Copenhagen was considered too sentimental by one of the critics.

[1] She turned from painting to writing at the end of the 1880s, publishing Bag Kulissene (Behind the Scenes), a collection of three short stories in 1890.

She painted several scenes of summer evenings, including the colourful Augustkveld, Hakadal in the collection of Norway's National Gallery.

In addition to collective and solo exhibitions in Norway, her works have been presented in Copenhagen (1888), Stockholm (1904), Brighton (1913), Royal Society of British Artists (1928) and Riga (1934).