Born and raised in Suburban Kansas City, Boydston's diverse body of work references her first-hand experiences from daily life in suburbia and explores related themes such as environment, diversity, spirituality, domesticity and time. Recent abstract grid works represent Boydston's interpretation of the redundancy and imposed structure of Suburban housing developments. The clear Plexiglas "canvas" on which she chooses to paint provides a fabricated surface that echoes the very subject matter of her paintings and allows a little light to shine through here and there.