"Oval Blues" - one of the new works in the solo show, "Forces At Play" at the Geisel Gallery in Rochester, NY from March 2 - April 26


"Each one of these works looks like Mr. Brandwein put a lot of attention to every square inch."

--------Alan Singer, article in The Visual Art Worker March 30, 2019

"It’s an understatement to say that his work is engaging. It is bright, bold, sensuous, erotic, often challenging, always distinctive, meticulous and crafted. Brandwein is both painter and ceramicist. Biology in both popular and academic senses is a key to his work. As is geometry, his abstractions concerned with pattern, convexity, topology, the perfection of curve and line.
All of which misses the direct and immediate appeal of his work. Appeal, that is. to a wide often traditional audience....”

------Keith McFarlane, creator of Artportal Negative Entropy B.V.