Studio Visit: Artist Sam Falls on Working Alone in the Woods at Night, and Why He Doesn't Like Art That's Easily Described
Sam Falls. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich / New York. Photo: Tin Ojeda. It’s not easy to catch up with Sam Falls, an artist who is almost always on the move. From the remote woodlands surrounding New York City to the Mojave desert in super bloom, Falls travels the country in his camper van making unusual portraits of nature. He creates his works by scattering foliage and pigments over canvas, and then leaving the fabric outdoors, sometimes for months on end, to weather the elements. The results—sun-bleached, windswept, and patterned with animal footprints—captur...