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Andrew Long (11)

A longtime dancer and performance artist, Andrew Long has really started to focus on painting in the last few years. He's self-taught, but his mentor, Lance Letscher, is one of the best around. Letscher's influence is evident in some of Long's more minimal pieces, with soft off-white shapes stacking up in small, collaged panels. However, Long's temperament is much more vigorous than Letscher's; you can see him quickly scratching into the wet paint in some layers. Long's natural intensity carries into his visual work, which is often small scale but densely layered and complex.