{"id":26049,"date":"2025-02-18T15:29:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T20:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=26049"},"modified":"2025-02-18T15:30:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T20:30:59","slug":"plattner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2025\/02\/18\/plattner\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Plattner&#8217;s Photos Of Visionary Art Environments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cincinnati photographer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/steveplattner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steve Plattner<\/a> is showing his portraits of visionary artists and their environments in the exhibition \u201cPersistence of Vision\u201d at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outsiderartky.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Outsider Art Museum &amp; Gallery<\/a> in Louisville from Feb. 7 to April 4, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"481\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/picSteve-Plattner_CanoInSnow.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Plattner, &quot;Cano in Snow.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-26046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/picSteve-Plattner_CanoInSnow.jpg 481w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/picSteve-Plattner_CanoInSnow-370x492.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Steve Plattner, &#8220;Cano in Snow.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cano (aka Dominic Espinosa), creator of the four-story-tall Cano\u2019s Castle, sheathed in beer cans and other scrap metal, in Antonito, Colorado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"401\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/picSteve-Plattner_MaryPaulsenInStudio.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Plattner, &quot;Mary Paulsen in Studio.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-26047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/picSteve-Plattner_MaryPaulsenInStudio.jpg 401w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/picSteve-Plattner_MaryPaulsenInStudio-370x591.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Steve Plattner, &#8220;Mary Paulsen in Studio.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mary Paulsen, who was moved by God to create her \u201cVisionary Folk Art Garden and Doll Village\u201d in Supply, North Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/picSteve-Plattner_BillyTrippClimbingjpg.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Plattner, &quot;Billy Tripp Climbing.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-26045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/picSteve-Plattner_BillyTrippClimbingjpg.jpg 640w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/picSteve-Plattner_BillyTrippClimbingjpg-370x272.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Steve Plattner, &#8220;Billy Tripp Climbing.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Billy Tripp climbing his towering metal \u201cMindfield Cemetery,\u201d which he has assembled as a memorial to his family, in Brownsville, Tennessee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/picSteve-Plattner_TudKrohnOutside.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Plattner, &quot;Tud Krohn Outside.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-26048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/picSteve-Plattner_TudKrohnOutside.jpg 640w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/picSteve-Plattner_TudKrohnOutside-370x275.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Steve Plattner, &#8220;Tud Krohn Outside.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lloyd \u201cTud\u201d Krohn who has filled his yard in Elberfeld, Indiana, with giant model military airplanes and helicopters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If this is the kind of coverage of arts, cultures and activisms you appreciate, please support Wonderland by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/wonderlandlandfanclub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contributing to Wonderland on Patreon<\/a>. 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