[2] McEnery opened her own studio in New York, where she painted many portraits and still-lives, following the school of Modernism.
[1][3] Her work was shown alongside that of Stuart Davis, Robert Henri, George Bellows, and Edward Hopper.
[2] After she married Frank Cunningham and moved to Rochester, New York, she continued to paint and exhibit under her maiden name.
Her work was shown in the MacDowell Club as well as a suffrage show in 1915, a Society of Independent Artists show in 1920 and 1922, and other exhibitions at the Ferargil Galleries.
She was a member of the board of the Memorial Art Gallery, where she also taught classes for many years.