Jan Aronson, Water Series, #15, 2008, Oil on Canvas, Courtesy of the artist, New York, New York

Jan Aronson, Water Series, #26, 2009, Oil on Canvas, Courtesy of the artist, New York, New York

Jane Bloodgood-Abrams, Memory, 2008, Oil on panel with shell, Courtesy of the artist, Kingston, New York

Jane Bloodgood-Abrams, Light Breaking Through (Hudson River at Manhattan), 2010, Oil on canvas, Courtesy of the artist, Kingston, New York

Henry Coe, East Side Cove, 2007, Oil on linen, Courtesy of the artist, Parkton, Maryland

Wendy Garner, Big Water Curl, 2009, Oil on canvas, Courtesy of the artist and Cross Mackenzie Ceramic Arts, Washington, DC

Wendy Garner, Morning Offshore Breeze, 2009, Oil on canvas, Courtesy of the artist and Cross Mackenzie Ceramic Arts, Washington, DC

Phyllis Purves-Smith, Monhegan Sunrise, 2007, Oil on paper, Courtesy of the artist and Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jared Rue, Eventide, 2010, Oil on canvas on panel, Courtesy of the artist, Seattle, Washington

Jared Rue, Marine Layer, 2010, Oil on canvas on panel, Courtesy of the artist, Seattle, Washington

Jared Rue, Traverse, 2010, Oil on canvas on panel, Courtesy of the artist, Seattle, Washington

Adam Straus, Moonrise Montauk: Rising Tide, 2000, Oil on canvas on wood encased in lead, Courtesy of the artist and Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, New York