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)
Aglow
American Robin
Carolina Wren
Chickadee
Eastern Bluebird
Going Courting
Goldfinch on Sunflower
Hanging the Wash
Hermit Thrush
Nuthatch
On Whisper Mode (Great Horned Owl)
Prothonotary Warbler
Red Shafted Flicker
Red Winged Blackbird
Robin Red Breast 
Sunflower Acrobatics - Goldfinch
The King and His Queen (wood duck hen & drake)
Tufted Titmouse
At Rest in the Twilight Glow
Barn Owl 2
Barred Owl
Carolina Wren (singing)
Eastern Bluebird 
Eastern Towhee
Eurasian Eagle Owl
Great Crested Flycatcher
Indigo Bunting
More Cowbell
Sarah
Searching the Water
Springtime Courtship (merganser drake)
Springtime Courtship (merganser hen)
Twilight Pair
White Throated Sparrow
Yellow Bellied Sapsucker