Louis Buchhold III

Dr. Louis Buchhold is known as an overachiever who wears his heart and sexuality on his sleeve. Amassing educational degrees is his particular compulsion. He has no less than four degrees – a BA in Art, with special emphasis on life drawing, an EdD in Counseling Psychology, a Masters in Marriage, Child and Family Counseling, and a Masters in Art Therapy. He also trained at the Stanford University Department of Psychiatry Drug and Alcohol Clinic while launching his career as an advocate and social therapist for gang-affiliated mothers and at-risk youth as well as homeless populations and people with AIDS/HIV.

A lifelong artist and advocate, he has volunteered in many capacities at art institutions and nonprofit organizations including for Gay and Lesbian Adolescent Social Services (GLASS), Outfest (LGBT Film Festival), Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), City of West Hollywood Arts Commission, and Chris Brownlie Hospice. He has recently become active in collaborative environmental and experimental art using a variety of new media (trans media). As if overachieving in academics wasn’t enough he had a first career in studio art, advertising/marketing, and publication design.

He e-published a literary novel titled The Day Harken Darringer Died, found on Smashwords.com (adult section). The story is a thinly veiled history of the happenings of his life. Interested readers may request a no-charge code by contacting him. He writes a blog about the writing process, reviews artists and authors work, discusses the issues of trying to get published (paper-book format) and issues found in the novel at: www.TheDayHarkenDarringerDied.

Buchhold is an adventurer with an avid fascination for human proclivities and fetish. As such he was given the moniker DoctorBuckles by his clients and colleagues blurring the boundary between what is professionally known of him and his social passion. He lives in West Hollywood, California.