Los Angeles–based artist Sam Falls’ publication, Plein Air, documents a year the artist spent outdoors making his large-scale pigment-on-canvas paintings in four separate locations around the world: Hartland, Vermont; Venice, California; Hudson, New York; and Sarvisalo, Finland. Nature has always been a principal theme in Falls’ work and the splendor and unpredictability with which the season's change is transferred directly onto his canvas through the use of saturated pigments and the natural elements. The resulting paintings are lush, familiar silhouettes of ferns, flowers, and the boughs of native trees. Four concise texts―naturalist and analytical―by Hammer Museum curator Aram Moshayedi accompany each location and body of work.

Author: Sam Falls, Aram Moshayedi

Title: Plein Air

Publisher: Karma

Year: 2016

Language: English

Specifications: hardcover, 176 pages, 150 colour illustrations, 220 x 279 mm