Let Go

Thursday, June 25, 2026 12:00 PM
Sunday, July 19, 2026 5:00 PM

Cove Gallery 37 Rocky Neck Avenue Gloucester, MA, 01930 (map)

Google Calendar ICS

An exhibition featuring Kathleen Gerdon Archer, Janice Colby and Benjamin Herbert

Let Go is a group exhibition bringing together the work of painters Benjamin Herbert, Kathleen Gerdon Archer, and Janice Colby in an exploration of discovery, transformation, intuition, and experimentation. Through both abstraction and representation, the exhibition examines what it means to release certainty and move beyond familiar boundaries — emotionally, materially, and conceptually.

The exhibition invites viewers into spaces shaped by memory, landscape, identity, atmosphere, and process. Each artist approaches painting as a form of exploration, embracing openness, vulnerability, and the unexpected as essential parts of creative practice. Together, the works reflect a shared interest in the freedom that can emerge when control is loosened, and intuition takes hold.

Let Go offers a contemplative experience that encourages viewers to embrace uncertainty, imagination, and new ways of seeing.

Kathleen Gerdon Archer’s work explores color, gesture, and emotional landscape through layered compositions that reflect her continued interest in the natural world and what is left behind. Incorporating hidden birds in movement and migration, her paintings evoke memory, transition, and quiet connection, balancing sensitivity, motion, and reflection through an intuitive process.
Janice Colby’s paintings are infused with emotion, warmth, beauty, happiness, and playfulness — positive human emotions that she describes as “a balm for the soul.” Colby’s paintings invite viewers into moments of delight, curiosity, and emotional connection.
Benjamin Herbert’s paintings explore color as a dynamic and immersive material, examining its ability to shape atmosphere, perception, and surrounding space. Leaning into abstraction, his works create immersive emotional landscapes that invite contemplation and encourage viewers to slow down within an increasingly fragmented, image-saturated culture.