Brennus was painted shortly after Scully’s move to the United States. During this period, the artist deliberately stripped down his visual language, moving away from the complex, interwoven stripes and grids of his earlier work in Europe. Instead, he embraced a format of narrow horizontal bands in alternating, flat colours

This formal reduction mirrored a personal and creative reset. Scully spoke of his arrival in America as a kind of inner upheaval, a metaphorical act of “burning down his own house” in order to start anew. Painted in subdued tones the work is meditative, a way for the artist to ground himself in an unfamiliar place.

The title Brennus refers to a legendary Gaulic warrior who led daring campaigns across foreign lands.