After surviving breast cancer in 2018, Kayla has been inspired by the bonds she shares with her friends, family, and pets. She paints portraits of passed loved ones and animals. She also focuses her attention on more whimsical subjects and designs and is mostly drawn towards pop art and surrealism.
Some other themes present in her works include her strong urge to create awareness on substance abuse and sexual and domestic violence.  She is at a place in her life where her work must be brutally honest and personal.  She finds it emotionally invigorating to work this way, and with a stroke of a brush her audience can feel the message she wants to send. Kayla portrays the inner realities of the lives of victims of aggression, broken promises, and grief through her use of mixed media materials, paint or clay, while using saturated color and large scale works.  She visually gives power back to the once powerless.   Her main goal is for the viewer to leave with a clear understanding of what it is like to live and breathe in the world she has lured them into.  

       Some artists she is most inspired by include Dali, Picasso, Rembrandt, Pollock, and Warhol.