From the 1980s onwards, after the siege of the Palace of Justice and the recruitment of her son by the army, her work focused more on pain: "The news is temporary; in a way, the artist's job is not to allow death and pain to be forgotten." In order to cover these themes, González decided to return to oil painting, making "chaotic and symbolic" compositions. According to the artist, whenever she felt uneasy about what she was painting, she made ethical corrections to the work.