Meet Lori LeMare

Lori Le Mare has been a leading international figure in the crafts of decorative painting and historic restoration for more than 30 years.

In 1988 Lori studied decorative painting in the south of England from Master Painter Don Gray. She worked and taught extensively in her business, Ritins Studio with then partner Andrejs Ritins for 12 years. In 2000 she opened her own studio and school in Toronto and worked closely with Modern Masters Inc. in California helping to develop and test their decorative paint products. In 2010 her studio moved in the direction of decorative paint restoration with several contracts for restoration and replication in historic museums.

In 1998 Lori took up aerial dance as a sideline to her decorative painting and in 2010 started the aerial performance troupe Hamilton Aerial Group. She paints and restores by day and climbs and performs trapeze and aerial silks by night. She is also a professional stiltwalker and artistic director of HAG.