Her work is deeply inspired by the physical world around her; even small, everyday events—like the swaying of leaves in the wind or the slow crawl of a snail—served as catalysts for her artistic vision. She sought to encapsulate fundamental universal laws, especially those relating to time and space, and explore their influence on perception.

Boto is celebrated for her innovative use of materials, especially her exploration of new media like Plexiglas, through which she created mesmerizing optical effects. By manipulating color, movement, and light, she

achieved illusions of contraction and expansion, inviting viewers to experience a dynamic, almost hypnotic interaction with her works. Boto described her vision as an “art capable of arousing different emotions,” aiming to evoke joy, tension, and deeper psychological reactions, making her work a form of “medicine for the spirit.”

She was a pioneering figure in Kinetic art and one of the few women to make significant contributions to this movement, which focuses on creating art involving motion, either real or perceived.