Sam Falls. Spring to Fall
Sam Falls uses nature and the environment as tools, he often lays canvas outdoors, arranges plants, flowers, branches on them, sprinkles dry pigments (colours) and then exposes them to weather (rain, dew, sun, wind). The result is a “trace” of nature whose mark is captured in pigment on canvas.
Sam Falls works are deeply rooted in the location where they are made – the plants, the weather, the specific time all matter. Rather than traditional studio painting, the environment (rain, sun, wind) plays a role. The act of exposure to elements becomes part of the work.
The artwork “Spring to Fall” (2023‑2024) is a pigment on canvas about 3.66m × 45.72m – a huge scale piece capturing the passing of seasons, nature’s imprint. Here, you may see leafy silhouettes or plant‐imprints, but also abstract washes of colour – the image is both of nature and an abstraction of it.
Sam Falls was born in 1984 in San Diego and now lives/works in Los Angeles and New York’s Hudson Valley.
His work spans painting, sculpture, site‑specific installations, often deeply engaged with nature, time, place and process.
on view at Simose Art Museum
ft/ Kate Zaniewska
