After Flockton’s training was completed, she quickly found work as a lithographer in Sydney with printers and publishers Gibbs Shallard & Co. and S.T. Leigh. She continued her work as a commercial artist for publishers for seven years. During this time in 1892, she was also took up painting from nature and teaching art. To teach, Flockton opened up a studio in Victoria Chambers, Castlereagh Street in Sydney.
