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
Canvasback - Drake
Carolina Wren
Chickadee Gathering Cattail Fluff
Curious Hawk
Downy Woodpecker
Fishing on the James
Fresh From the Hairdressers! (female hooded merganser)
Going Courting
Great Crested Flycatcher
Great Horned Owl
Hummingbird 3
Hummingbird 4
Hummingbird 5
Juvenile Speckled Owl
Northern Flicker
On Whisper Mode (Great Horned Owl)
Prothonotary Warbler
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Red-Headed Woodpecker
The King and His Queen (wood duck hen & drake)
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
Burrowing Owl
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Towhee
Goldfinch on Sunflower
Hanging the Wash
Hermit Thrush
Red Shafted Flicker
Ruby Throated Hummingbird
Swan
Tossing One Back
Tufted Titmouse
White Throated Sparrow
White-Breasted Nuthatch