Searching second hand shops for old frames and paintings, Thomas then removed the glass from the frames and coated them in a light sensitive liquid emulsion. She would then print her own images onto the glass in the darkroom using her large format negatives. When Thomas reassembled the frames and paintings with her images printed onto the glass, a layering occurs which gives the final pieces a haunted and eerie effect. Dreaming of escaping to the landscapes within the paintings, instead the portraits are trapped in the glass and never quite reaching them.