[1] Bush's gouache on paper paintings are known for their level of meticulous detail, use of flattened perspective, decorative patterning, and chalky colors.

[2] The English painter Stanley Spencer is also a key influence for the artist, as are facets of global popular culture and fashion.

[3][4] As curator Lauren Gutsell explains: "These disparate sources bind Bush's works to both the past and the present; the historical and the contemporary.

Human interactions, humor, ambiguity, dramatic tension and intimate scale are her tools to draw viewers into a private conversation and, in some cases, a spiritual space.

Bush received an Arts Foundation New Generation Award in 2013, and undertook the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship at the University of Otago in 2011.