Dr. Larry Peterson joined me for a podcast in November. He's a fascinating, interesting man and you know every once in a while you meet somebody and you say to yourself "this guy's done a lot more than I have" and in this case he really has.
Dr. Peterson is a dermatologist that published numerous medical research papers before pivoting at the age of 56 to focus on his writing ability in the world of art. He's written books on the artist Phillip Goodwin, the photographer L. A. Huffman, he wrote a major book 700-page opus called "American Trinity", another on John Fery, and two books on Charlie Russell, ane one on John Clark, a person I didn't know about until I started doing research on Dr. Peterson for this podcast and was an interesting western woodcarver, Dr. Peterson has a sense of what the West is and what his role is in the West.
I highly recommend listening to the entire podcast. It was fun for me and sometimes when you get somebody you really find interesting and unique you just don't want it to end. You just keep going more granular wanting one more tib bit of information. I understand that people might feel a little exhausted after almost two hours of two former medical professionals talking about Western art, but if you like art history, if you like to hear how somebody is able to be a very accomplished individual - not only in their own field - but in another disparate area, then this is the individual that you will want to listen to.