An artist’s legacy: Sculptor David Hayes featured on PBS series ‘Legacy List’ Updated Mar 06, 2021; Facebook Share During his life, David Hayes created in all mediums. Acrylic paintings, gouaches, wood cuts, ceramics, stained glass, prints and etchings. Steel, however, stood out as his distinct favorite. Considered one of the great American sculptors, his steel structures dotted downtown Syracuse for a time, planted outside of the Everson Museum of Art as well as Columbus Circle, City Hall and the Museum of Science and Technology. “It’s durable, as opposed to wood, which eventually is going to rot away,” said Hayes’ son, also named David Hayes. “The steel, if it’s kept properly, will last for several hundred years.”