Jack Stevens, a lifetime resident in Perkins County, NE, attended school there and a semester at University of Nebraska at Lincoln; however, he never studied art. He started welding on the family farm as a child and in later years worked as a certified welder in millwright and farm repair. He found his medium in recycled metals, and the challenge and satisfaction of transforming scrap metals into realistic stylized sculpture has been his motivation. Size and material has been the limiting factor.