Randall Stauss’s paintings in oil and watercolor have captured Lake Tahoe and the West Coast for over forty years. Making his summer home at Fallen Leaf Lake with his wife Edith, he is a familiar sight to the locals and tourists alike, and is often seen painting along the lake’s shore. A third generation Oregonian, Stauss began drawing and painting at an early age. He studied at Oregon State and the University of Oregon. In 1985 he was accepted as a signature member of the National Watercolor Society, the same year he began teaching his popular plein air workshops. Randall has enjoyed two extended painting trips in the last several years, spending most of 2017 in Hawaii and the better part of 2021 in Pacific Grove,CA on the Monterey Peninsula. After back to back Plein Air sabbaticals, Randall is content to be staying closer his San Rafael home and studio. 2023 Plein Air events in Carmel, Alameda, Mill Valley, and the inaugural Sausalito Plein Air and Gallery Exposition have been satisfying, rewarding and a great inspiration.