Amber "Scarlett" and Tara Rankin, are graduates of Windsor High School in beautiful Windsor, California. Examples of their work can be seen locally at Windsor High School, where they collaborated in the design and painting of two murals, and at the Windsor Middle School, where they designed and painted the stained glass windows above the doors at the Windsor Middle School Gymnasium.
In addition to their art, Amber and Tara are actively involved in Irish Dance and theatre, both backstage and on stage. As members of the Windsor High School Jaguar Troupe (2002-2005), our artists worked many hours backstage on set construction and set painting and held jobs, such as Prop Mistress, Stage Manager, and Special Effects Lead, for WHS Jaguar Troupe productions of Little Shop of Horrors, Lost In Yonkers, The Elephant Man, Dracula, Arsenic And Old Lace, Sabrina Fair, Sorry, and Toy Camp.
Their two most notable achievements were the 800 sq. ft, two-story, "stone" castle, created for the set of Dracula, and the "flagstone" garden wall, created for the set of Sabrina Fair. Every stone was hand-drawn, painted and shaded and when completed each of these set pieces took up the entire length of the stage.
In 2005, their hard work and dedication to the theatre earned them not only the coveted "Raven Award," but a new award was created, named in their honor, The Rankin Award For Outstanding Technical Theatre, which is now awarded yearly for excellence in technical theatre.
Amber and Tara are currently pursuing their love of art and theatre at the University of California, Davis.
All designs, original art, and photography Copyright © 2007 Amber and Tara Rankin. All rights reserved.