Deep Universe 1970

Eugene Brands made *Deep Universe* with paint, and it feels like a voyage into the unknown. The brushstrokes are like constellations, each dab of color a star in its own right. Look at how Brands layers the paint, thick and juicy in some spots, almost translucent in others. It’s like he’s building up the cosmos one stroke at a time. Notice that intense orange shape nestled within the green and the black, how it pulses with a life of its own. It reminds me of the early Abstract Expressionists, those cosmic explorers like Rothko or Newman, but with a playful twist. Brands, like them, embraces ambiguity, inviting us to lose ourselves in the depths of his universe. It's a reminder that art is an ongoing conversation, a cosmic dance of ideas across time and space.