POST 3 LESEUR INTERVIEW: Brianna Pacheco

LeSeur Interview

What inspired LeSeur? Compare what motivates you to create meaning.

What inspires Le'Andra LeSeur is her body and the desired gaze she wants to achieve in people to express identity and force people to confront what they are perceiving.

I don't exactly have a meaning to what I create beyond the fact that it is something I want to make. Over the years, I have seen countless works of art from artists online and delved into the world of anime. Each time it makes me want to create work that is as beautifully drawn or expressive in the emotions that a character represents.

How does your choice of material, process, aesthetic, content, etc. reinforce your message?

My decision really depends on whether or not I want my piece to be colored. I prefer the black and white that comes from only using pencils but I also like the value that comes from using charcoal or the range of colors I get from doing digital.

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Who was your most important teacher?

• My most important teacher is Professor Dennis Dittrich due to how willing he is to help young artists succeed in life and direct them to artists they should check out or other professors to speak to.

Which artist has most influenced you?

• The artist who has influenced me the most is Katsura Hoshino as it is fascinating watching her art evolve with time and it expresses that if you put in the hard work then you would see the fruits of that labor.

What is your favorite artwork?

• I don't have a favorite artwork mostly because every artwork has different elements that I find appealing.

What exhibition had the most influence on you?

• I don't have one.

What is your favorite museum?

• My favorite museum is the Metropolitan Museum of art.

What book has influenced you the most?

• I don't have one.

What other creative fields/disciplines influence you?

• It would have to be photography, especially photos of models because I love to use references of poses for my characters.

Have you ever made a choice that was influenced by someone's critique or feedback?

• Yes, it was in regard to my work for my BFA exhibition and what I should potentially depict as artwork.

What advice would you give to an aspiring artist?

• I would give the advice to first draw from real life and study the human body before you can manipulate them into something else so that they are still grounded in reality.

What do you think your influence has been as an artist?

• I don't think that I have an influence as I am still unknown in the industry.

Is there an experience that influenced you to become an artist?

• It would have to be when I first started watching the Dragon Ball Z series by Akira Toriyama as I started creating art from drawing his characters.

Which collaborators have influenced your work?

• I have not had a collaborator before.

Which artists, living or non-living, have influenced you?

• Akira Toriyama and Katsura Hoshino have influenced me.

What writing has resonated with you over time?

• I don't have one.

What influence has dance had on your artistic practice?

• I don't look at dancing for inspiration so it doesn't have an influence on my artistic practice.

What's the nicest thing anyone has ever said about your art?

• The way I was able to create dimension in hair with charcoal.