Most of his career was spent as an illustrator for the newspaper Aftenposten, where he worked for over a period of fifty years.
[1][2] During various points in his life, Øyvind Sørensen trained under Johan Nordhagen, Bernard Naudin, Stanley Anderson and Rowland Hilder.
Besides Aftenposten, his work also appeared in magazines, comic books and Christmas booklets.
In 1964, the Artists' Association in Oslo organized a memorial exhibition in his honor.
Sørensen was also commercially successful because his works were bought by several famous institutions.