Born in Paris in 1949, from French parents on one side and Brazilian on the other (to which she attributes her exotic imagination), Le Kinff was trained in the classics, studying ancient techniques for twelve years in Italy where she became quite accomplished at painting, drawing, the graphic arts and the secrets of the Old Masters: tempera, egg painting on wood, the use of gold leaf as taught in Florence and Livomo. After her formal education, she surrounded herself with artists, painters and sculptors and the passion generated by this group changed, she maintains, the direction of her destiny, though she somehow always knew she would end up an artist.
