Butler continuously exhibited throughout her career and proved herself to be a keen business woman capable of marketing her watercolours successfully with patrons such as Queen Mary of Teck and Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse. She was a member of the "Society of Lady Artists". She was one of the first nine academicians elected by the "Ulster Academy of Arts" in 1930. She was granted full membership into the Royal Watercolour Society in 1937, having been an associate member since 1896.