About the Artist
Randall Stauss
Oregon and California Artist
Born and raised near Portland, Oregon, Randall Stauss started painting at an early age. Encouraged by
his parents, he began taking painting lessons at the Portland Art Museum. The weekly trips to the museum
with its huge rooms, long marble steps, and stunning works of master painters, made a strong and enduring
impression on the young artist. A few years later, his family relocated to Corvallis in the heart of the Willamette Valley,
where he attended Oregon State University and the University of Oregon.
Moving to Lake Tahoe in 1980, Stauss began to paint seriously, while supporting himself hand lettering custom boat names.
Focusing on watercolors for many years, Stauss submitted a series of pumpkin patch paintings to the National Watercolor Society, and was accepted as a signature member.
During the 1990s, Stauss became fascinated with oil painting, pursuing the same themes as his watercolor work. He and his wife
Edith now spend half the year in San Rafael CA and the summer months on Lake Tahoe's North Shore.
ARTISTS STATEMENT
'I am both a studio and plein air painter. But truth be told, it is plein air that is the crown jewel. Seemingly endless benefits befall the outdoor artist, not the least of which is an expanded sense of presence at the place one has so carefully and intuitively chosen.'
ART ASSOCIATIONS
California Art Club Associate Member
National Watercolor Society, Signature member
North Tahoe Arts
AWARDS
2010 North Tahoe Plein Air Best of Show
2017 Carmel Plein Air Honorable Mention
2017 Capitola Plein Air Honorable Mention
2021 Lost Sierra Plein Air Second Place
2022 Alameda Plein Air Third Place
2023 Sausalito Plein Air Mayor's Award
2023 Alameda Plein Air Honorable Mention
GALLERIES
Truckee Airport Gallery
Pogan Gallery (past)
Sierra Galleries (past)
Gumps San Francisco (past)
EVENTS
2009 Columbia Gorge Plein Air
2014 Sonoma Plein Air
2016 Sonoma Plein Air
2015 North Tahoe Arts Plein Air
2019 Carmel Plein Air
2019 Plein Air @Washington County
2021 Sonoma Plein Air
2022 Sonoma Plein Air
2022 Morgan Hill Invitational
EXHIBITIONS
2000 Sierra Galleries Solo Show
2001 North Tahoe Arts Solo Show
2012 Gumps San Francisco Solo Show
2016 Tahoe Maritime Museum Solo Show
2017 Harrington Gallery Granite Group Show
2018 North Tahoe Arts Solo Show
2023 Granite Group Show
