Patricia McMahon Rice specializes in fine art oil paintings in the Classical Realist tradition. While studying the classical methods and materials under the instruction of award winning artist Robert Liberace, she developed a deep appreciation for the centuries-old technique of painting with oil on copper. Oil paintings on copper have since become one of her specialties. Patricia is an active member in the Portrait Society of America, the International Guild of Realism and Oil Painters of America. Her paintings have won numerous awards.
Acceleration (Great Shearwater)
American Robin
Among the Redbuds - Black Capped Chickadee
Canvasback - Drake
Carolina Wren
Chickadee Gathering Cattail Fluff
Fresh From the Hairdressers! (female hooded merganser)
Going Courting
Hummingbird 4
Northern Flicker
On Whisper Mode (Great Horned Owl)
Perched on the Old Cow Bell
Pine Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Red-Headed Woodpecker
The King and His Queen (wood duck hen & drake)
The Little Clown Among Birds - Puffin
A Cozy Hollow
A Fixed and Steady Gaze
Aglow
Among the Red Grasses - Belted Kingfisher
Curious Hawk
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Bluebird
Fishing on the James
Goldfinch on Sunflower
Great Crested Flycatcher
Great Horned Owl
In the Silent Woodland
Juvenile Speckled Owl
Saw Whet Owl
Sleepy Owlets - Spotted Owls
Swan
Tossing One Back
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker