In 1961, Brennand began producing the ceramic mural “Batalha dos Guararapes”, with poems by Cesar Leal and Ariano Suassuna, on Recife's Rua das Flores.

In the following years, he produced murals and panels for various public and corporate buildings, such as the mural for the Companhia Hidroelétrica do São Francisco (1979), in Recife; the ceramic mural for the Companhia do Desenvolvimento do Vale de São Francisco, in Brasilia (1980); and the “Monumento aos Três Heróis da Restauração” (1981) for the Departamento Nacional de Estradas de Rodagem, in Recife.

In 1992, he was part of the group shows EXPO 92, in Seville, and Imagem do Brasil/A Busca Europeia de um Paraíso Terrestre e a Arte Moderna Brasileira, in Zurich.

The same year he received the Inter-American Prize of Culture Gabriela Mistral, awarded by the OEA - Organização dos Estados Americanos, in Washington, D.C.

He creates “O Grande Sol” (1995–1996) for MAMAM - Museu de Arte Moderna Aloísio Magalhães, in Recife.

Brennand died of a respiratory infection on December 19, 2019, at the Real Hospital Português in Recife, at the age of 92.

The Oficina features around 2,000 of Brennand's pieces in enormous open halls, outdoor monuments, alters, chapels, and gardens, all in the midst of an Atlantic forest reserve in the Varzea neighborhood of Recife.