About the artist

     Hi!

     My name's Yessenia Echevarria, better known as Senia Che, owner of drawntosenia. I'm a self taught Puerto Rican artist born and raised in Buffalo, NY. I've always been an artsy person but I started taking my art seriously in 2017 after my mom passed. I was 22 at the time and needed extra income to purchase a headstone for my mom. I was on a mission.

       I opened up my first shop, made a few sales and it gave me the confidence to seek employment at a local art studio as a paint instructor. After a couple months, I was finally able to get her headstone. Art had always been something I did on the side but being employed at an actual art studio and watching my shop slowly grow showed me a glimpse of the kind of life art could provide. Although she was no longer with me, I know my mom always supported my art and I wanted to make her proud. I was motivated to keep going.

     I originally worked with acrylic paint but soon started experimenting with alcohol markers and fell in love. Other mediums I like working with include watercolor, clay, and resin. As a result, now a lot of my pieces are mix media. I also started developing different styles such as my scribble portraits, my original cartoons and semi realism third eye portraits. People started reaching out and that's when I started accepting portrait commissions. 

     Another medium I was successful with is resin. I made a few resin trays in 2020 that went viral. I gained a bunch of new followers and business. My business had already grown steady over the years but this was a big jump over night and I am so grateful for it. Each design became more and more intricate leading to me start sculpting my own miniature pieces.

I’ve been primarily sculpting multi-use trinket dishes the past few years but in 2025, my mother, who’s always looking out for me, inspired a new collection of charms inspired by our Puerto Rican culture. I look forward to experimenting and learning along the way. I just never know where art’s take me.