LOVEDAY KINGSFORD studied painting, drawing, sculpture and design at the Elam School of Fine Art in the late fifties. She travelled and lived overseas in the sixties absorbing cultural influences from Australia, Greece, Europe and the U.S.A. The artist studied drawing in Athens, London and Sydney and sold work from the Redfern Gallery in London to a public collection in Leicestershire.

She tutored in life drawing and landscape painting at the Auckland Society of Arts from 1979 to 1986 and initiated a Certificate Course for A.S.A. pupils. This course was the pilot course for later degree and diploma courses at the A.S.A.

In 1986 the artist moved to Nelson where she produced a considerable body of work and was able to paint full time for seven years. During this time works were sold by the artist to collectors in the South Island, Wellington, and Auckland and in other places in the North Island. Exhibitions were held at the Dobson and Bashford gallery in Christchurch, at the Suter Gallery in Nelson.

Returning to Auckland in 1993, she tutored at the Mairangi Art Centre, Art Station in Ponsonby and at Community classes in Birkenhead and Parnell while preparing for exhibitions in Christchurch and Auckland. These included solo exhibitions at the Dobson and Bashford Art Gallery and at the Portfolio Gallery Auckland. The artist has recently sold work privately to interested collectors while working at integrating abstract elements with figurative references. She is particularly interested in drawing, printmaking and figurative painting.