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The Clayman. A site specific spectacle. 

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The Clayman. A site specific spectacle. 

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Manchester City of Drama

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CLAYMAN MORE TEXTInspired by the powerful imagery of Ray Brookes ‘s original sculpture copy 2

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Lost & Found - Found Object – Ouaxaca, Mexico.

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Lost & Found - Found Object – Ouaxaca, Mexico.

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When my first son was born I felt compelled’ to go to Mexico and search for my own father who I had never met. An attempt to piece together a fragmented past in a fragmented world composed of lies.

I had no photograph of my father. Just the names of two of his

friends from his  university and a few notes scribbled on a scrap of paper that my mother had given to me. I had no idea of how I would find this man .No idea of who or where he was.

As my search for my father unfolded I struggled to let go of all expectations and explore the unknown.

I had to immerse myself in story. ‘ I was the story’ and had to let go of any preconceptions. What followed involved the doctoring of some old photographs, disguise, and discovery of a twin, a scorpion sting and a tragic suicide.

I found this photograph on the street in Ouaxaca .It resonated for me as an imagined self  I have kept it as I knew that it would have significance in my future work.

It will be integrated into a project that I am currently assembling for performance .

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Found Image -Streets of Oaxaca-When I went to search for the father that I had never met .1992- Tarascas

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Made in 2016.
Part of a series of large abstract paintings in which I set out to create drama and movement in the work as well as adding texture with the use of marble dust.  The paint and dust was applied with a palette knife. This painting was made over a period of two months with a lot of over painting and consistent changes  .

Made in Blank studios ,Portslade on the outskirts of Brighton .(I had  a studio here for the last 2 years). My main influences were Antonio Tapies and techniques learnt from Jaques Lecoq.

(In 1990 I was lucky enough to be selected to attend the THE LEM Master CLASSES with Jacques Lecoq and architect Krikor Belican, which took place at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music in Glasgow. The Lem Course  - Laboratoired’Etude du Mouvement (Translates as The Laboratory for the Study of Movement)

The workshop examined the relationships between movements of the body, theatre and architecture. Exercises within this programme (that I have since updated and developed for my own teaching) are primarily practical. and involve drawing (both abstract and literal), painting, sculpture, three-dimensional design and performance.

The LEM course was particularly concerned with the relationship between the human body and the constructed space with in which it moves. The course explored and focused on the understanding and dramatic potential of objects and materials and the spatial relationships between them. The course also studies: The dynamics of colours, their movements, their textures, their speed, and their relationship with the human body and to the human passions. (Translation from Lecoq’s own program.) )

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Made in 2016.
Part of a series of large abstract paintings in which I set out to create drama and movement in the work as well as adding texture with the use of marble dust.

The paint and marble dust was mainly applied with a palette knife. My main influence being Antonio Tapies and LEM . In this painting I wanted to move away from creating the same kind of pattern as I did in Shock 1, as I had produced several paintings in between Shock 1 and Colour 4 and found my self-repeating the same pattern.

I wanted to break the repetition but maintain a sense of energy, movement and vibrancy.

I was also aware that some of my previous work had led me into over complicated patterning so I wanted to achieve a structure which relied on much broader strokes.

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COLOUR -Mixed Media & Marbledust . 1916 Tarascas IMG_0825

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Made in 2016.
Part of a series of large abstract paintings in which I set out to create drama and movement in the work as well as adding texture with the use of marble dust.  The paint was mainly applied with a palette knife. My main influence being Antonio Tapies.  In this painting I limited my palette and to attempt to create a bolder less complicated painting, which still maintained a sense of dramatic tension. I wanted the work to be more sculptural simpler in form more like a landmass.

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MAP -MIXED MEDIA and Marble Dust . 2016 -Tarascas IMG_0830

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Inspired by the work of Basquiat,Gray;s anatomy   my training with Jacques Lecoq and my growing interest  in Shaitsu as a map of the body . This painting will have a far reaching effect on my future work which will be concerned with taking what I have learnt from my abstract work and applying it two images of the human body . It will also be integrated into my performance work via ‘touch’.

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Shiatsu Guache & Paper on Canvas - Tarascas 2015

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Made 2013.
Link for Interview re –exhibition that this painting was shown in:
http://www.vivaart.co.uk/issues/00056/content/print/viva_00056_11.html

This was an earlier work that I sold and so I made a second version of the same image with some slight differences. I wanted to make a painting that had a Mexican feel to it working with earth colours such as yellow ochre and   turquoise .My main influences were Picasso and Jean- Michel Basquiat. I worked with a palette knife, brushes and a sponge.

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Made 2010
This painting was produced over a period of about six months. I started it with no clear direction and became concerned with intricate detail and patterning. A desire to lose control led to drinking too much red wine in the early hours of one morning and this led to the final version as you see it. I sold this painting shortly after completion.

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PSYCHOTIC ANUS - Mixed Media 2009 - made whilst drunk .Tarascas

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Producer,Director ,Song,Writer & Performer

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Brighton Source - Ritual To Revolution Review

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Mind blowing theatre from Tanglehead Productions, Ritual To Revolution combines visual arts, music, and performance in an unconventional show at St Andrew's Church.

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Courier. 16mm Short Film .                       Writer,Director,Co-Producer Rikki Tarascas .

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Courier. 16mm Short Film .                       Writer,Director,Co-Producer Rikki Tarascas .

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Winner of THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK AWARD for Screen Writing.
Funded by LFVDA

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The story of Luke Woo, a spin painter and cycle courier who delivers human body parts and is drawn i

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Courier                                                                              16mm Short Film .                                          Writer,Director,Co-Producer Rikki Tarascas .

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Courier                                                                              16mm Short Film .                                          Writer,Director,Co-Producer Rikki Tarascas .

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Winner of THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK AWARD for Screen Writing.
Funded by LFVDA

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COURIER- A spin painter and cycle courier discovers that he's delivering human body parts. His life and art meet in a final crescendo of paint and blood. The script for Courier won the Alfred Hitchcock Script Writing Award .A short film shot on Super 16, the script gained financial support for production from Waltham Forest Arts Council, The London Film & Video Development Agency and VET.

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RCA PIC - Mr & Mrs President - 2016 Tarascas ART IMG_0586 copy

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Part of the Elvis Experience

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Caught in a Trap - Elvis in Wimpy Bar -2016 TarascasART IMG_2366 - Version 2 copy

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Producer Director ,Song Writer & Performer .

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Ritual to Revolution a Tarascas Production for Tanglehead Productions . A devised site specific experience directed by Rikki Tarascas .