As the daughter of Elaine Benson, a well known art dealer in Bridgehampton, New York, Kimberly Goff was encouraged to go into a related field. She studied fashion design and started her art career by painting and designing clothing often using vintage fabrics. After dealing with the need to make things color fast and durable, it was a joy to begin painting on paper and canvas. Wearable art was fun and challenging but could not take the place of being a "Fine Artist".