SSA is very pleased to announce that the internationally recognized artist, Patricia Rice, is joining SSA as a resident instructor. Patty is known for her exquisite pastel and oil portraits and her Luminous paintings on copper, for which she has been awarded prizes from the Oil Painters of America, the Portrait Society, the International Guild of Realism, and many others. Patty is also a superb teacher with over 30 years of experience mentoring artists from beginning through advanced. Patty, who will have the south studio at SSA and offer classes beginning in the Fall of 2020, is represented by Berkeley Gallery in Warrenton.