In an age where pre-packaging and pre-mixing predominates, it is easy to forget that not long ago an artist mined his pigments from the earth of his homeland. The pigments to which an artist had access, their purity and the ways in which the artist combined them, produced a pallette as unique as the artist.
So it is with Henry Neubig, a Louisiana artist who adheres to that honorable tradition. With pigments from the alluvial soils of his home state, Neubig has created a distinctive personal pallette that is surprisingly rich in hues. The earthy delta browns and thundery blacks you expect to see are there. What you don't expect are the delicate pinks, the robust ochres, the primeval reds and luminous greys, the mauves, an almost unbelievable green