Brandes' art is abstract and often in brown colours. He had his breakthrough as artist in the beginning of the 1980s. He has, inter alia, done artwork on
Roskilde Domkirke and mosaic (colored glass) windows in a church at
Nordkap and the church
Village of Hope, south of Los Angeles.[1] In 1998, he created the enormous
Roskilde Jars which stand outside the main
Roskilde railway station.[4]
Brandes is self-taught and his art circles around themes from
Christianity. Ancient Greek mythology has also inspired his art.[5] Brandes has illustrated a number of books, for example
Homer’s
Iliad. A great part of Brandes' ceramic works are inspired by ancient Greek art and mythology.
^Kirkekunst: LYSMETAFYSIK. Når mennesket ikke kan fremstille Gud, må tilfældet tale. Tilfældet er i denne æstetik det, der rydder en lysning i ordenes og billedernes skov, sådan at det hellige kan indfinde sig. Weekendavisen, 19.03.2008, 3 Sektion, KULTUR, Side 3