May is a retired nurse and midwife with a Bsc in Health Studies and she worked in the NHS for over 20 years .A keen sketcher and painter, she now works from  her studio  in West Lothian.

She developed her passion for art whilst working as a theatre nurse in Glasgow and she attended night classes in painting.After retiring she decided to develop her interest and knowledge in art and attended day classes at Edinburgh college of art and The university of Edinburgh focusing on painting , drawing the figure and history of art, attending  classes from 2008 she was awarded a Certificate of Higher Education in Art in 2013 from The University of Edinburgh.

May has attended many art summer schools at ECA and has also attended  many atelier painting classes.

May was delighted to be accepted at the RSA open in 2013.

She did voluntary work for Art in Health Care from 2014 and was at volunteer at SSA exhibitions.

She became member of the Edinburgh Printmakers

May is represented by The Marchmont Gallery,Edinburgh

The Line Gallery,Linlithgow and she regularly exhibits her work at The Tolbooth, Lanark.