Hugh Rice

Hugh Rice was born in 1946 in Ireland. Educated at St. Joseph’s College of Education in Belfast, Ireland, he taught in Belfast as well as Zambia, Central Africa in 1974. He later earned a BA and MA (Education) with the Open University, UK. He has lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba since 2004 and spends several months a year in his native Ballycastle, Ireland.
Whether he is painting in Canada or Ireland, Rice’s paintings are strongly influenced by his environment. Building up layers of paint, he rarely uses brushes, favouring rags and various tools around the studio instead. He creates large, abstracted Canadian prairies in the Summer, and the misty glens of Ireland in the Winter.
Rice’s work can be found in collections around the world.
Artwork by Hugh Rice

Abstract Landscape 24.25″ x 5.25″

Abstract Landscape 44.25″ x 5.25″

Down Your Way16″ x 20″

Walking Your Way16″ x 20″

From a Distance40″ x 40″

Come On In12″ x 16″

Home at Last II48″ x 48″

Forever Looking24″ x 48″

Forest Walk36″ x 36″

Evening Light8″ x 9″

Dreaming of You36″ x 36″

Dancing to the Wind40″ x 40″

In My Sight48″ x 48″

Inch By Inch22″ x 28″

Quiet Time16″ x 20″

Prairie Grass36″ x 36″

Near You Now30″ x 36″

Near You II36″ x 36″

Looking For You40″ x 40″

Listen to the Wind30″ x 30″

Just Drifting22″ x 28″

Dancing in the Wind II48″ x 48″

Cool Breeze II36″ x 36″

Back the Way II36″ x 36″

Afternoon Tea48″ x 48″

My Roots are Here II36″ x 36″

Woodland Light14″ x 14″

Travel Light30″ x 30″

Twiggy10″ x 4″

Branche17″ x 8″

Woody29″ x 14″





