Morton uses the term "explicit abstract realism" to describe her work and feels that the impulse to make comes from bodily drives as well as the desire to pursue the mental exercise involved in the disruption and reformation of complex image making.  There are several aspects to this process. One is informed by personal reflection on the folklore of paintng and an interest in the position of women in relation to that history. The other is drawn from her own persoal culture and relations. And, finally ther is the direct, intensive and automatic engagement she has with materials.

Recently, Morton's exhibtions have also included the use of sculptural elements and photography. THe works in theis exhibtion were made over a two year period (some with Inverleith House specifically in mind) and have been prtly influenced by a residency at teh Isabella Stuart Gardener Museim in Boston in 2009. The new installations shown at Inverleith House display the combinations of interdependent physical and cognitive relationships, where paintings seem to contain the energy of figures and sit with other elements in a system of support and collapse.