Although beautiful, the economically disadvantaged West Virginia and Kentucky areas provided no avenues for fine arts education. However, Hamilton, as a self-taught artist, has mastered her gift. Her work reflects her talent and skill as her paintings – endowed with color, rich patterns of gold and shaded hues – reflect the mingle of authentic artistry in a unique expression. Her work can be said indeed to be "the real McCoy". Each canvas, heavily textured is alive with extravagant color. Hamilton’s medium is oil and as an impressionist, she expresses through figural interpretation filled with emotion. Hamilton says what she wants her work to illustrate and express most of all is "Love…because it is life’s greatest gift".

Now living in Okatie, South Carolina, a beautiful seacoast town between Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina, she finds more inspiration. Surrounded by natural beauty so inherent to the region, Hamilton’s passion to paint life’s greatest gift has been stirred as never before.

Hamilton is also a portrait artist and admires the work of Dorothy Hickock, a local artist whose work has earned the respect of local and regional art buyers and critics. Hamilton also admires and is influenced by the works of consummate artists: Mary Cassatt, Edward Potthast and Museo Sorolla.