Each White Mountain artist had certain characteristics that would distinguish his work. Some painted particular vistas depicted in each of the four seasons of the year. Champney was a master at painting water and is known for often favoring warm autumn colors. Paskell, in his later style, used broad brushstrokes and bright colors to create an impressionistic feeling. McConnell was known for the velvety pastel look of his paintings. Edward Hill often created a canopy-like depiction of trees to frame and accentuate the focus of a painting, a technique that gave many of his works a feeling of intimacy and solitude. Many of Gerry's works included dogs and people on horseback. Frost was known to use small figures, wispy clouds, and an oval format. Bricher liked to portray calm water. Hodgdon liked to paint sunrise and sunset scenes, often in Franconia Notch. John White Allen Scott frequently painted passing storm clouds in his skies. Shapleigh had his own slightly primitive style and used the same "props" over and over again in his paintings. He is known for painting landscapes as seen from the inside of a house or barn looking out through an open door or window. Inside the room would be such props as a ladder back chair, a cat, a basket, a straw hat, and/or a tall clock.

Often, the popular White Mountain resort hotels had their very own "artist in residence" who would open his studio to sell paintings to the tourists. Frank Shapleigh, for example, was the artist in residence at the Crawford House for many years. Edward Hill was the artist in residence at the Profile House for fifteen years and spent shorter stays at the Waumbeck Hotel and the Glen House. Champney maintained his own independent studio and was not affiliated with any hotel. The scenes these artists painted became American icons, or at least icons to the people of New England. As tourists took these White Mountain paintings home, they were widely disbursed throughout the country. Today, these paintings are often discovered as far away as California.