The Black and White Books



I bought the white book back in 1987 at the Aaron Brother's store in Montclair, California, back then located on the corner of Arrow Hwy and Central Avenue, near the Montclair Plaza. It travelled with me on my first trip to France in '87/88 and I used it to store finished works. At the end of 1990 I returned to France and met up with a friend whom I had met at Insa in '87. Talking, he mentioned a projet of his which consisted of travelling to Africa (Mali) and drawing his impressions of the place as he went along. I liked the idea and thought that it would fun to do something similar. It wasn't until 1994 though, when my white book reached its storing usefulness that I decided to record events o my life and places that I visited on it. That's how this collection started. The white book got finished in '99 with drawing no. 95. I then headed to the Aaron Brother's store on the corner of Newport Blvd and 17th Street in Costa Mesa looking for another...they only had black ones. I bought one and soonly after moved to Italy, then France, where I continue increasing the collection which, as of May 2007, is up to 165.

These works are small, the largest measuring no more than 11x14 inches. They have been painted with oil pastels and watercolors, mostly "on the spot", and are very intimate. Like the detail of Vernazza above, the majority are impressionistic and representational but some, however, are 'abstract'. Over the years I've managed to produce about 1 per month on average. At this rate, I should finish the black book sometime around the end of 2008....


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No. 1: "Water Stream (Imagined)"
No. 2: "Smoking a Cigarette with a Blonde by the Beach"
No. 3: "Houses in Laguna Beach near Emerald Bay"
No. 4: "At Laguna Beach (Imagined Moonrise)"
No. 5: "Windy day at Corona del Mar"
No. 6: "Brea Canyon hills"
No. 7: "Basket with Fruits 1 (grayish blue)"
No. 8a: "View of Balboa Pier from Corona del Mar"
No. 8b: "View of Newport Bay from Corona del Mar"
No. 9: "Poker night at UCI"
No. 10: "Night fishing on Newport Pier"
No. 11: "Silverado Canyon pond"
No. 12: "Blooming jacarandas in Santa Ana"
No. 13: "Mexican fisherman on Newport Pier"
No. 14: "View of Newport Beach from the pier"
No. 15: "Oriole and Stellar Jay at Chapman's Ranch, Mt. Baldy"
No. 16: "Back alley, Newport Beach"
No. 17: "Mt. Whitney (Tequila Sunrise)"
No. 18: "Newport Back Bay"
No. 19: "Strawberry fields, Irvine"
No. 20: "Verano Gardens of UCI"
No. 21: "Saturday night at 417 Begonia Street"
No. 22: "Cedar Grove, King's Canyon National Park"
No. 23: "King's River, King's Canyon National Park"
No. 24: "Back Yard in 29 Palms"
No. 25: "Mirror Lake, Yosemite"
No. 26: "View of Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco"
No. 27: "Corona del Mar Abstraction"
No. 28: "Oak Tree"
No. 29: "Study of Flowing Water"
No. 30: "Abstract Study for Painting"
No. 31: "Palmeras (Imagined), Villa Colon, Costa Rica"
No. 32: "Camino a El Rodeo, Villa Colon, Costa Rica"
No. 33: "Vista del volcan Poas, El Rodeo, Costa Rica"
No. 34: "Riachuelo, Monteverde, Costa Rica"
No. 35: "Naranjo, Costa Rica"
No. 36: "Playa Dominical, Costa Rica"
No. 37: "Basket with Fruits 2 (yellow)"
No. 38: "Mission San Antonio de Padua, California"
No. 39: "Desert Abstract at Java Rock Cafe, 29 Palms"
No. 40: "Looking East towards Amboy"
No. 41: "Study of Waves, Corona del Mar, California"
No. 42: "A mother with children at the beach, Corona del Mar"
No. 43: "At Soshone after Death Valley"
No. 44: "Bike Races, Nevada City, California"
No. 45: "Yuba River near Nevada City"
No. 46: "Newport Beach and Pier, California"
No. 47: "Reading nude"
No. 48: "Crystal Cove State Beach, California"
No. 49: "Kaweah River, Sequoia National Park, California"
No. 50: "Emerald Lakes, Sierra Nevada, California"
No. 51: "Blue Chair, Chapman Ranch, Mt Baldy, California"
No. 52: "Crescent Bay, Laguna Beach, California"
No. 53: "Popotla, Baja California, Mexico"
No. 54: "Sail Boats, Newport Beach, California"
No. 55: "San Gorgonio Peak from Boy Scouts Trail, Joshua Tree"
No. 56a: "Grand Canyon Horizontal, Arizona"
No. 56b: "Grand Canyon Vertical, Arizona"
No. 57: "Monument Valley Buttes, Arizona and Utah"
No. 58: "Jailhouse Cafe, Moab, Utah"
No. 59: "Scorpion Cove, Santa Cruz Island, California"
No. 60: "Camp fire at Indian Cove, Joshua Tree"
No. 61: "Walking 'Tele-vision', Reno, Nevada"
No. 62: "The world's a big Orange"
No. 63: "Portrait (Female)"
No. 64: "Sierra Nevada along the 395, Mono County"
No. 65: "Abstract doodles"
No. 66: "Peach Trees in Spring, San Juan Capistrano"
No. 67: "Kaweah Peaks from Sherman Peak"
No. 68: "Portrait (Male)"
No. 69: "Sun and Water (Flowers), Mt. Baldy, California"
No. 70: "Cottonwood Lakes (No. 3), Eastern Sierra Nevada"
No. 71: "MD-11 at the boarding gate, LAX"
No. 72: "Bayonne, France"
No. 73: "Waterfall at Cirque de Gavarnie, France"
No. 74: "Marina, Saint Jean de Luz, France"
No. 75: "Basket with Fruits 3 (light blue)"
No. 76: "'Willows Cantina, Mt. Baldy, California"
No. 77: "Cottonwood Springs, Joshua Tree National Park"
No. 78: "Saguaro National Park, Tucson, Arizona"
No. 79: "Bromeliad in bloom"
No. 80: "View of Salton Sea along the trail to Lost Palm Oasis"
No. 81: "Playas de Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica"
No. 82: "Monito Carablanca, Costa Rica"
No. 83: "Bahia de Junquillal, Guanacaste, Costa Rica"
No. 84: "Los Payasos, Villa Colon, Costa Rica"
No. 85: "Juego de Polvora, Villa Colon, Costa Rica "
No. 86: "Rock Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada, California"
No. 87: "View from Mission Santa Barbara, California"
No. 88: "Mono Lake, Sierra Nevada, California "
No. 89: "View of San Francisco from an MD87"
No. 90: "Navaho Rug Inspiration, Los Angeles, California"
No. 91: "Pic du Midi d'Ossau, Pau, France"
No. 92: "Fermes bearnaises, Boeil-Bezing, France"
No. 93: "Tee-Pee, Mt. Baldy, California"
No. 94: "On the way to L.A from Las Vegas along the I15"
No. 95: "Parisian street and caf�, Paris, France"
 No. 96: "Backyard in Costa Mesa, California"
No. 97: "San F�lipe, Baja California, Mexico"
No. 98: "Aroma's Caf�, Costa Mesa, California"
No. 99: "Soda Muellecito, Golfito, Costa Rica"
No. 100: "Gallinazos floridos, Playa Uvita, Costa Rica"
No. 101: "Vesuvio, Naples, Italy"
No. 102: "Parco della Rimembranza, Torino, Italy"
No. 103: "View of Rivoli, Torino, Italy"
No. 104: "Alps and Sacra di San Michele, Rivoli, Italy"
No. 105: "Portofino, Italy"
No. 106: "Bell Tower, Siena, Italy"
No. 107: "Farm along road no. 146, Tuscany, Italy"
No. 108: "Camogli, Liguria, Italy"
No. 109: "Barre des Ecrins (France) from Piemonte, Italy "
No. 110: "Gjende from the Besseggen Trail, Norway"
No. 111: "Undredal, Aurlandsfjord, Norway"
No. 112: "Houses in Sandviken, Bergen, Norway"
No. 113: "Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore, Italy"
No. 114: "Castiglione Falleto from Serralunga d'Alba, Italy"
No. 115: "Val de la Clar�e, Hautes Alpes, France"
No. 116: "Portofino Revisited, Italy"
No. 117: "Reflections on the Arno, Florence, Italy"
No. 118: "Gondolas at night, Venice, Italy"
No. 119: "Tortuguero, Costa Rica"
No. 120: "Vernazza, Italy"
No. 121: "Ligurian boats, Vernazza, Italy"
No. 122: "Capri, Italy"
No. 123: "Forum and Colisseum, Rome, Italy"
No. 124: "Blooming tree, Rivoli, Italy"
No. 125: "Bellagio, Italy"
No. 126: "Basket with Fruits 4 (Blue)"
No. 127: "Portrait (New born)"
No. 128: "Canal du Midi, France"
No. 129: "Church of Roussillon, Provence, France"
No. 130: "Dentelles de Montmirail, Provence, France"
No. 131: "Basket with Fruits 5 (aqua)"
No. 132: "Circles and squares"
No. 133: "Wild swans, Bassin d'Arcachon, France"
No. 134: "Basket with Fruits 6 (pink)"
No. 135: "Palm Trees, Barcelona, Spain"
No. 136: "Giant Sequoia, California"
No. 137: "Pink Tulips"
No. 138: "Bambu al atardecer, Villa Colon, Costa Rica"
No. 139: "View of Estensan, France"
No. 140: "Sunday market, L'isle sur Sorgue, Provence, France"
No. 141: "Abstract collaboration"
No. 142: "Old barn in sunflower and corn fields, Gers, France"
No. 143: "Dolomiti Inspiration, Italy"
No. 144: "Basket with Fruits 7 (light purple)"
No. 145: "This is a sunrise and not a sunset, Pau, France"
No. 146: "Irish Inspiration, Dingle, Ireland"
No. 147: "Looking west from Sky Road, Connemara, Ireland"
No. 148: "Marina at sunset, Cap Breton, France"
No. 149: "For�t de Bouconne near Pibrac, France"
No. 150: "Jard�n de Do�a Rosa, Villa Colon, Costa Rica"
No. 151: "Basket with Fruits 8 (violet)"
No. 152: "A380 on the tarmac, Toulouse, France"
No. 153: "Dentelles de Montmirail 2, Lafare, France"
No. 154: "Gordes, Provence, France"
No. 155: "Frontyard with blooming wisperia, Pibrac, France"
No. 156: "Santa Margherita Ligure at night, Liguria, Italy"
No. 157: "San Lorenzo della Costa, Liguria, Italy"
No. 158: "Plateau du Benou, Vall�e d'Ossau, France">
No. 159: "Desert Sunrise, 29 Palms, California">
No. 160: "House with cactus fence, La Verne, California">


"White and Black Books"
Various Media on Paper, 1994-Present

Copyright � 1994-2005 Jose E. Araya-Sibaja

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