National Show: Expression Now: An Impressionist Approach
Past Exhibition
Upper Gallery June 5 - July 3, 2025Impressionism’s focus on everyday life, bold brushwork and luminous color palettes challenged conventions and redefined beauty—not as something confined to history and perfection, but as something immediate, personal, and alive. In this year’s National Show, which was open to all residing in the United States, Co|So invited artists working in any medium to explore the ephemerality, vibrance, and realness that Impressionism dared to capture.
The resulting exhibition showcases a variety of works that carry forward that spirit of defiance and discovery, and explore how Impressionist ideals and elements can be reimagined in modern or personal expressions. The pieces invite viewers to consider how interplays of color, innovative perspectives, emotion, rebellion and diverse mediums can serve as reflections of today’s contemporary world.
Expression Now was juried by Daisy Alejandre, Curatorial Assistant at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Prizes
- 1st Prize : Mystic 3 by Susan Murie
- 2nd Prize : Vapor 3 by Elizabeth Cohen
- 3rd Prize : Root and Branches by Raymond Gilbert, CA
Fifteen Years From Downtown Crossing
Stewart Adam
oil on panel, 19" x 23"
The Wait
Tony Andrade
oil on canvas, 24" x 36"
Mardi Gras Indian Chief
photography, archival pigment inks on canvas, 24" x 35"
The Rainbow’s End
Dina Belyayeva
acrylic, 9" x 12"
Swimming Around in My Head
Lisa Boemer
oil, 30" x 40"
Reflections from Above
Stacy DiMeglio
oil on canvas, 12" x 16"
Weathered Resilience
Fernando Fula
acrylic on canvas, 30" x 40"
Japanese Woman
Sue Gillen
all commercial fabrics, 14" x18"
Rovinj
Stephanie Jurgensen
thrifted clothing fabric, 52" x 42"
Dali Eyes #20
Alan Kaplan
enamel on copper, 17.25 x 17.25
Don’t Wake ME
Rebecca Klementovich
acrylic, 16" x 40"
Under the Weeks Bridge
Jim Kociuba
metallic acrylic and pumice on canvas, 32" x 42"
City on a Hill
Kristine Laping
oil on canvas, 30" x 40"
Bok Choy 4
Molly Lynch
oil on canvas, 30" x 24"
Entwined Angel Oak Double with Split Circle
alysia Macaulay
archival digital photographic collage with acrylic paint, 24.5" x 19.5"
Mystic 3
Susan Murie
cyanotype, acrylic medium, watercolor, gouache, pencil and pastel on paper assembled with cyanotypes on paper, 40" x 26"
South Natick Quarter
Tristan Olsen
oil on skateboard, 8.25" x 8"
Tranquil
Jeremy Schilling
oil on masonite, 7" x 9"
Sunk
cjdoherty
acrylic on canvas, 22" x 28"
Summer Sorbet
Bold Gold and Old
vintage print, sequins, mod podge, acrylic paint, 19" x 16"
Silver Pavilion
Lucy Yan
oil on linen, 14" x 17"
