▁East ▁Ang lia , ▁London , ▁and ▁the ▁US , ▁receiving ▁much ▁critical ▁acc laim , ▁including ▁the ▁following ▁- ▁▁ ▁Bur rell ' s ▁work ▁is ▁obs ess ive ▁and ▁prob ing , ▁reve aling ▁underlying ▁elements ▁that ▁question ▁ones ▁sense ▁of ▁self . ▁A ▁psych otic ▁sur real ism ▁that ▁is ▁a ▁ref res hing ▁assault ▁on ▁rit ual ised ▁a est het ics ▁▁▁ ▁The ▁paint ings ▁by ▁Mark ▁Bur rell ▁convey ▁rare ▁command ▁of ▁a ▁very ▁peculiar ▁and ▁very ▁English ▁painter , ▁for ▁Mark ▁is ▁essentially ▁a ▁story ▁tell er ▁who ▁emp lo ys ▁p ig ment ▁rather ▁than ▁words ▁to ▁construct ▁alleg ories , ▁f ables ▁and ▁fict ions . ▁ ▁His ▁fant astic ▁narr atives ▁are ▁as ▁much ▁concerned ▁with ▁plot , ▁setting ▁and ▁character ▁as ▁they ▁are ▁with ▁line ▁space ▁and ▁colour . ▁▁ ▁… ( H is ) ▁paint ings ▁are ▁colour ful ▁and ▁often ▁very ▁personal , ▁and ▁at ▁times ▁very ▁myster ious ▁indeed , ▁these ▁paint ings ▁can ▁be ▁looked ▁at ▁again ▁and ▁again , ▁there ▁are ▁touch es ▁of ▁hum our ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁dark er ▁side ▁of ▁life , ▁from ▁strange ▁green ▁be ings ▁growing ▁out ▁of ▁bush es , ▁commun ing ▁with ▁g hosts , ▁to ▁sheep ▁in ▁fields ▁flying . ▁▁ ▁Mark ▁pain ts ▁symbol ist ▁figur ative ▁o ils ▁with ▁psych ic , ▁religious ▁or ▁political ▁them es , ▁often ▁dealing ▁with ▁inten se ▁states ▁of ▁mind ▁or ▁em otion , ▁a ▁highly ▁pattern ed ▁world ▁in