'Perspectiva Poética de Yucatán': Denisse Sánchez exhibits her paintings, which appear to be planted in the garden of the Casa Vico guesthouse.Photo: Lee Steele / Yucatán Magazine
Denisse Sánchez’s colorful paintings flourish in Casa Vico’s garden
ByLee Steele
'Perspectiva Poética de Yucatán': Denisse Sánchez exhibits her paintings, which appear to be planted in the garden of the Casa Vico guesthouse.Photo: Lee Steele / Yucatán Magazine
Denisse Sánchez invites us to investigate the great universe of Yucatán, as she puts it, through her “Poetic Perspective” exhibit that continues through Oct. 2 at Casa Vico.
'Perspectiva Poética de Yucatán': Denisse Sánchez exhibits her paintings, which appear to be planted in the garden of the Casa Vico guesthouse.Photo: Lee Steele / Yucatán Magazine
Sánchez gave a tour on Thursday night to a small group of admirers, discussing each of about a dozen figurative and abstract acrylics resting on easels and integrated into the boutique hotel’s tropical garden.
'Perspectiva Poética de Yucatán': Denisse Sánchez exhibits her paintings, which appear to be planted in the garden of the Casa Vico guesthouse.Photo: Lee Steele / Yucatán Magazine
They depict Yucatán’s everyday scenes, from fishermen dutifully casting their nets to an exuberant splash of “Flores Multicolores.”
Denisse Sánchez is a Mérida native who studied Latin American literature at UADY and art at the Escuela Superior de Artes de Yucatán.
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'Perspectiva Poética de Yucatán': Denisse Sánchez exhibits her paintings, which appear to be planted in the garden of the Casa Vico guesthouse.Photo: Lee Steele / Yucatán Magazine
Casa Vico is south of the city, on Calle 60 641 between 69 and 71. To attend, please make an appointment via WhatsApp: 559-199-9069 or DM Casa Vico.
Lee Steele is the founding director of Mérida-based Roof Cat Media S de RL de CV and has published Yucatán Magazine and other titles since 2012. He was Hearst Connecticut’s Sunday Magazine creative director and worked in New York City for various magazine publishers, including Condé Nast and Primedia, for over 20 years.
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