"Beyond the Great Divide" - Julie Williams & Hui Selwood

Hui Selwood has offered the following statement:

My cohort Julie Williams was offered a show at Jayes Gallery Molong and told me ‘Jayes’ has a wonderful sculpture garden that would suit my work and that I should join her for the show, after some reconnaissance work I absolutely agreed and did so.

Trained in art at the National Art School I’ve been exhibiting in Sydney and participating in many major sculpture prizes over the past fifteen years including being a finalist in ‘Sculpture by the Sea’ seven times and awarded the ‘Sawmillers Sculpture Prize’

In 2003 I acquired the Embleton and Weir Cordial Factory at Hill End, with the intention of setting up a studio. In the last few years I have been designing and building studios and renovating the Cordial Factory. Hill End is a historic gold mining town, located in the central tablelands of New South Wales, near Bathurst. In the 1940’s, artists such as Russell Drysdale, Donald Friend, Jean Bellette, Paul Haefliger and Magaret Olley lived and worked there. The decades proceeding enticed other artists such as John Olsen, Brett Whiteley, John Firth-Smith and many more to spend time there working and this is the case to the present day.

Abstract compositions in the materials of metal and wood, predominate my work although I will work in any material that I feel is necessary. The sculptural compositions for this show ‘Beyond the Great Divide’ at Jayes Gallery acknowledge an architectural quality, which stems from my interest in design, architecture and construction. These works continue to investigate architectural ideas and design with the emphasis on the vertical, referencing totems and figures. The totem is a subject, which has occupied me for years. Intrigued by the totems from various cultures and civilisations. My interest in the totem extends to the totem pole, where not only a connection has been established with my interest in architectural references but also with the figure, the quasi-representation of our selves. Questioning the need for humans to erect tall vertical structures from the times of Stonehenge to the modern high rise. There lies a curious parallel, the evolutionary steps of man from the horizontal to the vertical. These works are a response to totems from the past, contemporary architecture and to modern art.

Hui Selwood

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With references from Brancusi and Giacometti in strong sculptural totemic forms through to interpretations of the landscape around Hill End, the opening show for 2012 is a strong and inspired collection of highly desirable artworks from two well recognised artists, Julie Williams and Hui Selwood.

Julie works by applying heavily contrasted layers of paint with the fine lines of ghostly heritage buildings that evoke a deep response in the viewer. Against these, the works of Hui Selwood, stand as totemic forms that imply the presence of souls among the ruins.

This is a natural alliance between 2 artists and friends who work from the heartland of the gold rush in Hill End near Bathurst NSW.

Julie Williams - Painter
My art practice primarily involves using painting as a problem solving experience to produce contemporary works with historical references.  The works, which explore relationships between the landscape and the built environment, are a combination of immediate responses to specific sites and ideas developed in the studio. http://jayespressroom.blogspot.com.au/

Hui Selwood – Sculptor
Abstract compositions in the materials of metal and wood, predominate my work. The sculptural compositions acknowledge an architectural quality, which stems from my interest in design, architecture and construction. MORE:

The gallery director and staff at Jayes Gallery look forward to seeing you at the gallery during 2012. We have been working hard to bring you the region's finest artists and sculptors and will continue to do this throughout 2012. See you at the gallery soon.

2012 is shaping up to be an exciting year!

Hi everyone

Jayes Gallery Cafe & Sculpture Gardens re-opened on 18 January with many changes over the end of the year. The outdoor alfresco area has been refurbished and provides a shady place to find respite from the summer sun with a cool drink or coffee on those lazy afternoons. You can take a stroll around the sculpture garden or a look through the galleries.

The cafe now features a new menu with foods from the regions' finest chefs, main meals from the kitchen of Michael Manners and treats by Shaun Arantz of Racine. As well, Adelaide Harris, chef and fine food writer is preparing delicious cakes to be served with our Lavazza Coffees! So if you are looking for something scrumptious, pop in today!

Gallery 1 has a selection of works from the stockroom and our stable of the regions' fine artists along with glass by Keith Rowe and ceramics by Marjo Carter.

Gallery 2 will become our aboriginal section in the near future as Jayes now has a range of local aboriginal art works and craft items.

The Gift Shop has funky brooches from Sugden and Hamilton, silversmithing from Sarah Whitlock along with a range of interesting pieces sourced from around Australia. A new range in of silk and felt scarves in bright colours and children's clothes hand made by Sambience.

We will continue to promote the fine art and food of the Mt Canobolas region throughout the coming year with our 2012 calendar of solo shows already firmly in place. We look forward to an exciting year ahead and will be happy to see you at Jayes.

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year

To all our patrons, collectors, art and food lovers, 

Jayes Gallery, Sculpture Gardens & Cafe 

wish you all 

a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

During 2011, the management and staff at Jayes were pleased to see that all our customers continued to support the gallery, artists and sculptors with good attendances at most of the opening nights! A musical special event featuring Josephine Jagger-Manners, Michael Caulfield & Ray Vanderby provided a highlight of the Autumn calendar, the Third Dimension - annual sculpture event is still on and solo shows with many of our regular stable and new artists were a feature each month.

It's been a year of changes with Grant Smith, our Chef leaving the cafe to start a new career and the cafe has a new menu now featuring the recipes of the region's finest chefs. We look forward to seeing you in the New Year as we have a wonderful calendar of solo shows, sculptors and ceramicists already booked for 2012. It is promising to be an incredible year for Jayes.

In a time when many collectors are abandoning the city galleries, Jayes continues to provide a superb alternative as most of our stable of artists are also represented in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra galleries and we continue to complement these with exciting new and emerging artists. What you save on commissions by buying in the 'bush', you can spend on having a restful weekend in rural Oz at one of our fabulous BnB's along with visits to the region 's many wineries.

Cabonne Country is a vast region of some 6,021 square kms with some of NSW's finest wineries, excellent cafes, several National Parks and goldfields to explore. The Villages of Cabonne Country have several golf courses, shady parks and public swimming pools for you to enjoy as you drive through this beautiful landscape.

The Villages of Cabonne Country are known for their welcoming smiles: they are Canowindra, Cargo, Cudal, Cumnock, Eugowra, Manildra, Molong & Yeoval. Each has it's own individual character and there are many hamlets to explore as well. For a 'real village experience', you can't beat Cabonne Country.

Collectible and affordable underway well in time for Christmas!

This year, Jayes Gallery has devoted Gallery 1 to the new artists collective from the region, Colour City Creatives. These artists have joined together to create working artisan studios, an innovative initiative in the old Barracks once used by State Rail in Orange City.

The artists themselves however come from far and wide with Millthorpe, Molong and Stuart Town artists included in the group. This is an exciting venture and so far has produced some remarkable results and we are proud to have been able to secure these works for this year's "Collectible & Affordable" show.

Open from now till 18 December, so make your way out to Molong, just 20 minutes west of Orange to see this memorable exhibition displaying some of the region's finer artists.

Bright works by Joy Engelman with sculpture from Tim Gratton

Tim Winters

Jola Nejman

Phil Salmon

Lynn Winters

Aileen Francis

Dan Anderson

Lotti Riley

Aida Pottinger

Steve Gosch with sculpture by Tim Gratton