Each still-life object is specifically chosen, and the paintings often contain portraits within them, many appropriated from reproductions, book covers or her collection of postcards, many of which are reproductions of old paintings.
Wilson retains a strong attachment to New Zealand and continues to exhibit in Auckland regularly.
New Zealand imagery is often included in her work, and in 2000 she completed a series illustrating Katherine Mansfield’s short stories for The Folio Society.