I’m so thrilled to finally bring you the full travel + art vlog from one of the most magical places I have ever been in my life! The colors, the culture, the history, the hospitality - all were top notch in Merida and the surrounding Yucatan area. I was so inspired I did one gouache painting there of our spectacular hotel, El Palacito Secreto (The Little Secret Palace), and then four more from our various adventures once I got home (like this one of the front of our hotel and another cute street scene!).

This painting was from the day we visited the Maya ruins at Chichen Izta - the largest ones in all of Yucatan! I shared a bunch more photos from this day in on my last blog post. Just seeing stone structures that were half a millennia years old and still preserved so well was truly awe-inspiring. My respect for ancient architects grows each time I’m able to travel to such exquisite places.

The day we boated through the mangroves to see the thousands of wild flamingoes was a day I won’t soon forget! They were so loud and animated and watching them run on water to take off was hilariously surprising! This is my lil gouache rendering, and you can see the actual photos from that day on this blog post.

And lastly, though probably my favorite, the small saffron yellow town of Izamal was every artist’s dream and jsut about the quaintest place I have ever been in my life! You definitely need to see more pics here.

Cheers!

4.17.2022