Preston was a co-illustrator with her husband, James Moore Preston, on the "Our Horse" story printed in a 1910 edition of "Everybody's Magazine". The landmark Armory Show of 1913 included one of Preston's oil paintings, "Girl with print". She won an award at the Panama–Pacific Exposition in 1915. In New York, she exhibited at the MacDowell Club. Preston played herself in the movie "Our Mutual Girl" which was shown in theaters in 1915.