He initially chose the profession of teacher, but made at the age of 25 his first sculpture, a large statue of Erasmus for the university at Nijmegen.
In 1965 their Heart was created and in 1970 their first joint artproject The Circle of Angels arose, a colorful environment of large polyester statues.
Starting in 1995 they built The Tempelhof, a culmination of their life and work and since 2018 honoured as Dutch Cultural Heritage.
They are known for large projects but also for many monumental statues in the Netherlands and in other countries, that often are realised in corten steel.
Their works are found mainly in the Netherlands but also in Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, France, England, Dubai and Palestine.