Bortolo constantly challenges his creativity by working in various media. His fascination with light and compositional elements fills his paintings with beauty and passion that is much sought after by both collectors and students alike. Bortolo's work is all about emotion, colour, and distilling the fleeting moment of inspiration: that evanescent spark that stimulates his imagination and compels him to cry out with joy at the sight of a sunbeam filtering through the silence of a mist-shrouded shore. Always he seeks to capture that instant and the beauty around him, and to share his vision with the world.
Bortolo is a member of the Federation of Canadian Artists. He has had numerous successful exhibitions both in Canada and in his native Italy where he has developed a large following and has received much critical acclaim.