[8] Instead of pursuing an MFA degree, as many modern American painters often do, Daignault chose to work with established artists, including Kara Walker,[9] in more traditional models of mentorship.
She feels that painted objects are like "concrete word poetry"[1] and she has been called "a poet of a painter" by the New Yorker.
"[1] Daignault’s “Light Atlas,” 2016, consists of 360 small paintings documenting the perimeter of the continental United States.
Traversing more than 30,000 miles, across forests, deserts, mountains, and fields, Daignault traveled the road for a year.
One of them was Daignault's painting, Elegy (Los Angeles, 2019) acquired by the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA)for its permanent collection.