Colorado Artist Stevon Lucero
by Miguel Angel Castro
Featured in 9News.com © January 25, 2002

 

From an early age, Stevon Lucero viewed things in life with a profound sense of spirituality and symbolism.

While growing up in the city of Laramie, Wyoming, Stevon Lucero remembers being very inquisitive and curious about spiritual themes. He began exploring the perception of reality and similar subjects.

 

During his high school years, after deeply concentrating on these themes, Stevon was seeing everything in a metaphoric way and was applying symbolism to practically everything around him. "I was a Symbolist without even knowing," Stevon remarks.

 

During the end of the Sixties, Stevon took his talent more seriously, particularly after a vision that he experienced on the top of a mountain. After this experience he began categorizing his work as "Metaphysical Fantastic Realism." The concept later evolved into what he calls "Metarealism" where the conscious and subconscious merge together. He defines his style this way: "Metarealism is the externalization of interior realities that are transformed into visual mystic metaphors through the process of the philosophic state, which I called Polar Synthesis."

 

Stevon Lucero is also known for his "Neo-Precolombian Art" as he calls it, based on his ancient roots, he represents Mexican Precolombian images full of vibrant colors. He gives them different meaning without altering the spirit of their original creators.

 

A world famous Mexican "Curandero" (medicine man) named TLACAELEL, best known for deciphering the codes from the Aztec Calendar, has praised Stevon's work. "Stevon Lucero is one of the few artists on this planet that paints with a true spiritual vision," said TLACAELEL.

 

Lucero is also known for his mural works. His started his first mural project in 1978, and ever since, he has participated in different projects and received special commissions such as the mural of "Mercado de Tlatelolco" exhibited at the Denver Museum of Natural History in 1992, and the "Spirit of Denver" exhibited at the Denver City and County building in 1984.

 

Throughout his artistic career of more than thirty years, Stevon has been invited to do lectures and conferences at renowned institutions such as Harvard University, Yale University and Columbia University. His paintings have been exhibited at famous galleries in New York and other major cities throughout the United States and are part of private collections of personalities Edward James Olmos, Daniel Valdez, Al Pacino and institutions such as Yale University and El Museo de Las Americas in Denver, Colorado.

 

When one observes any of the images of Stevon Lucero, not only can they appreciate the cultural heritage from our ancestors of advanced cultures but also the spiritual symbolism that many search within themselves, and like Stevon, are in a continuous spiritual evolution. If you would like to learn more about Lucero's work, you can visit his Web site. www.Stevon Lucero.com