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Welcome to London Ladd Studios
 London Ladd, a lifelong resident of Syracuse, New York started drawing at age twelve and has developed a painting style that is reminiscent of traditional artist. Influenced by great artists such as N.C. and Andrew Wyeth, John Singer Sargeant, Burt Silverman, and Frank Schoonover, just to name a few, his art retains an intensity and emotion that is all his own. With a diversified subject matter, London's painterly style seeps through each piece. Most of his work is created with acrylic paint in his studio. He carries a sketchbook and his paints with him everywhere he goes constantly perfecting his craft.
London is a graduate of Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration. At SU he studied with renowned illustrators James Ramsone, Bob Dacey, John Thompson, Yvonne Buchanan and Roger DeMuth learning all aspects of illustration, art and design.
London has partnered with Christine King Farris, older sister of Martin Luther King Jr, for a children’s book, March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed The World, to commorate the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. It will be published by Scholastic and on sale in August 2008. His work has been displayed at the Everson Museum and the Syracuse Jazz Fest. London has also worked with various recording artists illustrating CD covers. And a mural for the Cultural Resource Council depicting the Rev. Jermain Loguen, an abolitionist who helped escaped slave to freedom in the Underground Railroad.
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