About the Artist

Marie Kisling, founder of MissKiss Customs, is an artist and entrepreneur based in Lincoln, Nebraska.  She is a masterful pinstripe artist who and works in a variety of other mediums and styles, with an affinity for illustration, street art, and automotive pinstriping.   

​Kisling ‘s distinctive style is evident in her designs, which are executed with a careful attention to line and color relationships; and are punctuated with delicate, precise brushwork.  Marie is experienced in commissioned projects, and has been meeting her clients’ aesthetic needs in a professional and timely manner for over a decade.
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"Bold. Colorful. Edgy. These are just a few words to describe my lifelong passion. I've always loved cartoons and comic books, which shows through my work. I do my best to avoid being confined by boundaries in my abilities, and strive to turn any idea a possibility. " - Marie Kisling

​"My father was an extremely talented man, most highly regarded for his god-like ability with an automobile.  Anything with a motor and at least two wheels, really. ​ As an only child he was my comrade, and I was next to him every chance I could get under the hood of various projects.  At a very young age, I realized that everything could be "just a little bit closer to the edge." He encouraged me to push the norm. Everything could speed faster, roar louder, and be cooler than the next. ​ My father's key phrase: "Don't tell mother."  I've always been captivated by American, hot rod automotive culture, especially pinstriping.  When I was a young girl, I was always on his shoulders at every car show we could attend.  When I was about nine, he handed me my first Mack brush and sent me off to re-do our old '76 dump truck, "By the last panel you'll get the hang of it," he said. 
It took a bit longer than that...

I do this for my dad now, more than ever. 
I know he's enjoying the hell out of it.
​Love you Dad."