Mark Burrell 

 

Born by the sea in Suffolk, Mark Burrell is an established professional painter with over forty years of artistic practice. He is a member of The North Sea Magical Realists, working across Magical Realism, portraiture, and landscape.

Burrell’s distinctive draughtsmanship is marked by meticulous attention to detail. While highly accomplished in realism, he is equally skilled at conjuring imaginative, magical landscapes inhabited by characters that feel both strange and familiar. His subject matter ranges from scenes of his hometown, Lowestoft, to sharp satirical takes on international politics, as well as flights of pure imagination—each piece forming a unique visual narrative.

Mark’s work has been featured on television on seven occasions. Among his accolades, he won First Prize on the Anglia Television programme Moving Art, presented by George Melly. He was interviewed by Sister Wendy Beckett, and the award was presented by Bill Oddie, who strongly endorsed his work.

In London, Mark was awarded the Lucy Morrison Memorial Prize at the Royal Overseas League. His work has also been exhibited at the House of Commons and the Royal Academy, and he was shortlisted for the Sir John Hurt Art Prize in 2021.

In 2023, Mark published his first children’s book, Bertie by the Beach, written and illustrated by himself and released by Pegasus.

As Mark reflects:
“I have been very fortunate to have had my work shown internationally, exhibiting in America and across Europe, as well as locally in several galleries throughout Suffolk.”

It has been said that when stepping into a Mark Burrell painting, the viewer is enveloped by a glow and vibrancy that pulses with a quiet magic.

In Mark’s own words:
“We live in a beautiful world surrounded by a magical universe, and it’s easy to forget our good fortune when paying the bills or sitting in a traffic jam. If my paintings can remind us, even a little, of the strangeness, beauty, and mystery that surrounds us—and that we are part of—then I will have done my job.”