His best-known works are a bronze bust of Rudi Carrell and a larger-than-life monument of boxing legend Max Schmeling.

Deciding against an academic career he studied all aspects of painting with his father, an accomplished artist who in 1975 was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande) for his life's work.

[3] Eggers' early sculptures were stylized, as in the 1986 larger-than-life bronze Die Wachenden (The Watchers), which was commissioned by the town of Stade.

Art historian Hanns Theodor Flemming [de] (who died in 2005) stated: "Carsten Eggers Plastiken sind das Ergebnis künstlerischer Gestaltung, die jeder herkömmlichen Gegenständlichkeit trotzen und durch Lebendigkeit aufmerksam machen.

Ein Künstler, der völlig losgelöst von jeweiligen Trends seinen Weg geht."

[Carsten Eggers' sculptures are the result of an artistic composition that means they defy conventional realism and attract attention by their vibrancy.

][6] The artist sees his work as memorials of serenity running counter to the short-termism and hectic pace of today's life and thus representing an opposing pole to them.

The realism of his paintings became more pronounced during his study trips to America, China, Brazil, France, Madeira, Portugal, Spain and Tunisia, which lasted several months, Together with his change in style he switches to pastel, and adds portraits, nudes, and elaborate compositions to his repertoire This leads to oversized pastel paintings, some comprising five elements and up to four metres wide, hanging in public places.