Elizabeth Lloyd was born in London into an artistic and successful milieu and studied painting at the Chelsea School of Art and the Royal College of Art, specialising in mural design. Her first solo exhibition was in the foyer of the Festival Hall, her paintings also being frequently shown at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. She taught in various art schools in Britain and America and from her own studio at Strand on the Green, taking painting groups to India. She received public and private commissions for mural and film scene painting and published several art books.