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.

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.

“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.” ...