R. Arneson, Feeding Time at Black Water, Oil on masonite, Gift of the Estate of Nancy Long Arneson to Art in Embassies, Washington, D.C.

Jill Basham, From the East, Oil on canvas, Courtesy of the artist, Trappe, Maryland

Jill Basham, Patchwork, Oil on canvas, Courtesy of the artist, Trappe, Maryland

Donald Britton, The View from Mather Point, Oil on canvas, Courtesy of the artist, Incline Village, Nevada

Molly Darr, Eurydice, Acrylic on canvas, Courtesy the artist and Art in Embassies, Washington, D.C.

Lynne Friedman, On the Road to Abiquiu, Oil on canvas, Courtesy of the artist, Kingston, New York

Lynne Friedman, Twilight in New Mexico, Oil on canvas, Courtesy of the artist, Kingston, New York

Jamie Kirkland, Edge of Woods, Oil on canvas, Courtesy of the artist, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Jenna North, Mission Maldives, 2011, Oil on canvas, Courtesy of the artist, Utica, New York