May DeViney is an unrepentant Midwesterner, and remains so despite having
lived in New York City, Brooklyn, southern Florida and in Massachusetts for
nearly 20 years. She attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
where she absorbed the influences of the Chicago Imagists and iconoclastic
art movements such as the Hairy Who. She left school early to study
independently at workshops, seminars and classes under several prominent
artists, most recently at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
She has traveled throughout the United States and internationally. The
experiences she has gained and her trenchant observations on the human
condition are reflected in her work.

She began as a painter in oils and acrylics and her paintings have won
awards in regional shows and in national competitions. But in recent years
she has turned to mixed media constructions, which frequently incorporate
paintings and found elements built into three-dimensional multi-media wall
pieces and sculpture. These constructions exhibit a flavor of H.C.
Westermann and Grant Wood combined with the styles of Renaissance historical and religious art. Her work has been included in juried shows at the
regional and national levels and has been included in national publications.

She has remained a lifelong feminist, active in women's' rights
organizations, and for several years has contributed art and design work to
the Walk for Women's Lives, a fundraising effort for domestic abuse shelters
in the Concord, Massachusetts area. Feminist social commentary as well as
church-state separation issues are some of the most recent concerns
expressed in her work.