About the Artist

May Klisch, AWA

May Klisch is a Singapore-born, American contemporary artist based in Shorewood, Wisconsin. A national award winner, her work spans realism to abstraction, often blending the two. A colorist at heart, she experiments with watercolor, gouache, acrylic, and oil, drawing inspiration from places, emotions, and personal history.

Her work has been described as possessing “as much breadth as depth, as much whimsy as weight, as much energy as tranquility—reflecting her facets, passions, and life’s journey. Each phase is at once new, old, and forever.”

Artistic Process

Klisch embraces the fluidity of her media, using fine brushstrokes alongside pours, drags, slashes, and overlays to evoke emotion and movement. Sanding back and layering add depth, while unexpected “accidents” become integral to the final piece. The unknown is not just a possibility in her process—it’s essential.