 In 1984 Paul du Toit matriculated and in 1985 he was conscripted to the South African Air Force where he used the time to do some carpentry, make his first bronze work of an airplane and study computer science part-time through Pretoria Technikon.When he left the army he worked as a computer programmer
In 1988, the company Paul du Toit worked for went into liquidation and he worked in a boring job at the bank to make ends meet.All this time he painted at night to keep his artistic flair alive.