The malleability of copper, its ability to assume different hues when exposed to heat and acids, attracted his attention. The blowtorch became his paint brush and he experimented with heat intensity and innumerable acids and bases to obtain deeper and permanent colourations. From purely formal and traditional forms of sculpture, his artistic creativity moved onto figurative and symbolic forms of expression.
Today he is a highly acclaimed Canadian artist. His work is also known and admired in the United States. The larger sculptures are located in open public places. There is something impressive in the quantity and variety of his work: 160 freestanding and hanging sculptures, 30 small fountains, and 44 large fountain-sculptures.