[1] Root was a portrait painter and a muralist, painting illustrations and narrative landscapes.
Her signature style elements can be described as kinetic lines and bold, assertive colors.
[4] Root's first major exhibition was the 1975 Mississippi Arts Festival.
[5] With her mother, Root exhibited her paintings at the Municipal Art Gallery in Jackson, Mississippi in 1999.
[2] Root died on March 6, 2001, in Jackson, Mississippi, at age 46.