Background
His father was German and his mother American.
His father was German and his mother American.
In 1964 came with his family to Brazil, where has been living ever since. Roland Stevenson published books and has created many paintings, always showing the beauty of the Amazon rainforest and its natives. He spent many years of his life studying the mysteries of the Eldorado (finding the location of the extinct lake Parime as shown at the book "A Light on Amazonian Misteries") and the origin of the primitive men of the Americas, presenting a new theory linking all natives in South and North America to the primitive Asian indigenous (at the book "Rethinking Our Pre History").
He is a descendant of Johannes Vermeer, whose his last name "Vermehren" came from.
Internationals "Vitória Alada" - Milan, Italy, 1993 "Gabriela Mistral", Chile, 1993 "Gold Book Award" (1st) Associacion North American Directory Publishers (Anadap) Brazilian "Brasil Trophy" Award Manaus/Department of Administration and Management, Brazil,1996 SUFRAMA Award of Art (1st) Manaus/Department of Administration and Management, Brazil, 1989 SUFRAMA Award of History (Etno Artistic View) Manaus/Department of Administration and Management, Brazil, 1989 "Baiacu de Ouro" Award Manaus/Department of Administration and Management, Brazil, 1988 Golden Medal at the "III Salão Curupira Associação Amazonense de Artistas Plásticos" Manaus/Department of Administration and Management, Brazil, 1988 SUFRAMA Award of Art(1st) Manaus, 1984 Artist of The Year at the "Sindicato dos Jornalistas do Amazonas" Manaus/Department of Administration and Management, Brazil, 1980 Golden Medal and Trophy of Best Work Collection at the "I Salão Aberto "Luis Naranjo Cuadra" Manaus/Department of Administration and Management, Brazil, 1979 National Trophy Lions Club(1st) Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil, 1977.
