LET GO: An Exhibition Featuring Kathleen Gerdon Archer, and Janice Colby and Benjamin Herbert

Gloucester, MA.  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.

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.

Together, LET GO offers a contemplative experience that encourages viewers to embrace uncertainty, imagination, and new ways of seeing.

Photos available upon request.

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The Rocky Neck Art Colony (RNAC), a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization, nurtures excellence in the arts through exhibitions, workshops, residencies and vibrant cultural events for its members and the public. On picturesque Rocky Neck in Gloucester, Massachusetts, RNAC operates three exhibition spaces, open to the public for free, The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck (6 Wonson Street); The Salted Cod Arthouse (53 Rocky Neck Ave.), a partnership gallery and café; and Cove Gallery (37 Rocky Neck Ave.), open seasonally in the former gallery of local artists Gordon and Judith Goetemann. Check the website, www.rockyneckartcolony.org, for hours, openings and special events. For more information, see the website or call 978-515-7004