“Then 9/11 happened and large companies that had ordered from us stopped paying,” said Nielsen. “We kept working but had to downsize. And I started on Plan B, working on my art.” ...

Nearly every square inch of the front yard of the home pictured above is filled with a menagerie of critters and characters constructed of everything from concrete and plaster to metal and wood.

[1/8] Kelvin Muia, a creative art student is seen near a metal sculptures at the at the Kioko art studio in Kisamis location of Kajiado, Kenya February 5, 2020. Picture taken February 5, 2020.

While he kept doing “truck stuff,” he started unleashing his more creative side creating metal yard art, including a 9-foot dinosaur and a 12-foot crocodile.