AFFLIATIONS: 

the Society of Illustrators since 1984

The Salmagundi Club, New York

Oil Painters of America

American Impressionist Society

FLAG, Florida Artists Group

FCPAP, First Coast Plein Air Painters, Emeritus

PAUL E. LADNIER

Paul Ladnier, Professor Emeritus, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, taught painting and drawing for nearly forty years. He received numerous awards and recognition for the quality of his teaching and dedication to his students, the community and the university. Upon his retirement, UNF honored him with an eponymous scholarship, which provides educational funds for exceptional painting majors. He received the MFA degree from Syracuse University and the BFA degree from Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, Florida. Paul has exhibited in solo exhibitions and numerous group shows throughout his career. He is an invited artist to many plein-air competitions and events. He taught two summers in Italy as part of UNF’s study abroad program. He has painted throughout the United States, Central America, the Caribbean, and Europe. In 2025, he was honored to have a one-man exhibition, “The Tides That Bind,” at the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens in Jacksonville, Florida.

He is a member of The American Impressionist Society, Oil Painters of America, The Society of Illustrators, since 1984, the Salmagundi Club, New York, FLAG (Florida Artists Group) and Emeritus, First Coast Plein Air Painters. He was one of six charter members to start the CoRK Arts District in Jacksonville, which has become a focal point of the arts in Jacksonville. It has grown to more than 65 artists and studios.

Paul continues to travel, paint, exhibit his works, teach privately at his CoRK studio and conduct painting and drawing workshops. He taught a plein-air workshop for Il Chiostro at San Fedele, Italy and has been invited back to teach again in 2020.

REPRESENTATIONS: 

 CoRK Studios, Jacksonville, Florida

Southlight Galleries, Jacksonville, Fl