His body of work also comprises human figures, nudes, masks, hands, angels, floating and stretching figures, warriors as well as abstract works in steel, metal, stones, a unique iron and polymer cast mixture, and bronze.  

“I read a book about Michelangelo and I thought ‘Wow, this is amazing. This guy must be an angel from heaven.’ Only later did I find out that he was a man – just like me, at which time I said to myself, ‘this must be the most difficult thing that a man must do’ – to make stuff like this. And that’s when I decided to dedicate my life to becoming a sculptor, and I did,” says Anton Smit.  

Anton’s family didn’t have the means to send him to study at university, but this didn’t hamper his goal. He taught himself by devouring all the books he could find on art and how to create sculptures.

“A good thing that my dad did, was that he got me a job at the police museum. There were artists working there, and they taught me a few tricks on how to make a plaster mould etcetera.”