She was one of a number of Texan women of Mexican descent, including Beatrice Valdez Ximénez and Alicia Dickerson Montemayor, to gain notice as a folk artist.
[3] Later in life, González recalled that her art received little attention from her family, and she said that her sister expressed little interest in her poetry.
Her first attempts at creating art involved carving shell stone from the Pecos River into elaborate designs, a practice which she began in 1956.
[1] She quite strongly believed that her inspiration was divine, and she incorporated many Biblical themes into her work, which were always carefully planned out prior to execution.
Her poems won prizes in Mexico, but her drawings remained unknown until a 1968 exhibition at the Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum.