Paul Ladnier (Oils) – 10th Annual Plein Air Paint Out
Paul Ladnier, Professor Emeritus, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, taught painting and drawing for nearly forty years. He received numerous awards and recognitions for his paintings and 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. Paul 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 long career. He is an invited artist to many plein-air invitationals and competitions and events throughout the United States. Most recently; The Wekiva Paintout, Shadows on the Tesche, and 2026 Thomasville, Ga. Pines and Palms Paintout. His painting “the Old Outboards,” won Best of Show in a recent St. Augustine, Fl. Lightner Museum Exhibition. He taught two summers in Italy as part of UNF’s study abroad program. Paul continues to travel, paint, throughout the United States, Central America, the Caribbean, and Europe, exhibit his works, teach privately at his CoRK studio and conduct painting and drawing workshops. In 2019, he taught a plein-air workshop for Il Chiostro at San Fedele, Italy and in September 2026, will conduct a plein-air workshop in Lazio, Italy. Paul is a member of The American Impressionist Society, The Society of Illustrators, since 1984, The Salmagundi Club, New York, the Florida Artists Group (FLAG), FCPAP, (First Coast Plein Air Painters) and in 2024 was elected into The Oil Painters of America and American Society of Marine Painters. He was one of eight charter members to start the CoRK Arts District in Jacksonville, which has become a focal point of the arts, and has grown to more than 65 artists and studios.
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Paul Ladnier, Professor Emeritus, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, taught painting and drawing for nearly forty years. He received numerous awards and recognitions for his paintings and 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. Paul 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 long career. He is an invited artist to many plein-air invitationals and competitions and events throughout the United States. Most recently; The Wekiva Paintout, Shadows on the Tesche, and 2026
Thomasville, Ga. Pines and Palms Paintout. His painting “the Old Outboards,” won Best of Show in a recent St. Augustine, Fl. Lightner Museum Exhibition. He taught two summers in Italy as part of UNF’s study abroad program. Paul continues to travel, paint, throughout the United States, Central America, the Caribbean, and Europe, exhibit his works, teach privately at his CoRK studio and conduct painting and drawing workshops. In 2019, he taught a plein-air workshop for Il Chiostro at San Fedele, Italy and in September 2026, will conduct a plein-air workshop in Lazio, Italy.
Paul is a member of The American Impressionist Society, The Society of Illustrators, since 1984, The Salmagundi Club, New York, the Florida Artists Group (FLAG), FCPAP, (First Coast Plein Air Painters) and in 2024 was elected into The Oil Painters of America and American Society of Marine Painters. He was one of eight charter members to start the CoRK Arts District in Jacksonville, which has become a focal point of the arts, and has grown to more than 65 artists and studios.