Pier of lost souls is part of richard berners beasts of brighton collection and depicts a surreal adaptaion of the iconic brighton landmark the west pier in his own words berner says by re imagining the pier he is capturing the dark beauty of the piers crumbling remains at first glance this captivating image simply looks like a watercolour of the pier but upon closer inspection it becomes clear that this painting is far from ordinary the pier is made of curious shapes sometime