Joan MullinsPainter · Nantwich, Cheshire

Sea and shore

Landscapes · 6 paintings

Oil painting of a sandy path through dune grass leading down to a beach, with waves breaking under a blue sky and light clouds.
Path Down to the Sea shown at its real size on a wall

Shown at its real size, 50 × 40 cm. Above a cabinet about 90 cm wide. The room is an illustration.

Path Down to the Sea

Medium
Oil on box canvas
Size
50 × 40 cm
Year
2020
Price
£400
Catalogue no.
9

This painting is mainly from imagination and extensive memories . I wanted to convey a sense of huge space with light clouds , an unthreatening, lazy sea and the sandy beach below the footpath invitingly close.

Oil painting of a straight path through golden grassland on the dunes above Leasowe Beach, Wirral, under a blue sky with large white clouds.
Pathways by the Sea shown at its real size on a wall

Shown at its real size, 40 × 50 cm. Above a cabinet about 90 cm wide. The room is an illustration.

Pathways by the Sea

Medium
Oil on canvas board
Size
40 × 50 cm
Year
2023
Inspired by
Pathway on the dunes above Leasowe Beach Wirral
Price
Not for sale
Catalogue no.
25

A pathway along the open stretch of land above the beach, leading invitingly into the horizon and beyond.

Oil painting of a beach in Kerry, Ireland, with dune grass and seaweed in the foreground and misty hills across the bay.
Beach in Kerry, Ireland shown at its real size on a wall

Shown at its real size, 45 × 28 cm. Above a side table about 65 cm across. The room is an illustration.

Beach in Kerry, Ireland

Medium
Oil on canvas board
Size
45 × 28 cm
Year
2018
Inspired by
Kerry, Ireland
Price
£250
Catalogue no.
38

The windswept beach, with the misty land across the bay, inspired me to paint the contrast between the cool colours of the land and the vibrancy of seaweed and dead grass on the beach.

Oil painting of Thurstaston beach at sunset, with a small stream winding across the sand towards the sea.
Thurstaston Beach at Sunset shown at its real size on a wall

Shown at its real size, 28 × 45 cm. Above a side table about 65 cm across. The room is an illustration.

Thurstaston Beach at Sunset

Medium
Oil on canvas board
Size
28 × 45 cm
Year
2026
Inspired by
Thurstaston beach, Wirral
Price
£200
Catalogue no.
143

Thurstaston beach at sunset, with a small stream meandering across the pebbles and sand towards the sea.

Oil painting of dune grass and reedbeds between West Kirby and Hoylake, looking across the shore towards Hilbre, under a blue sky with clouds.

West Kirby reedbeds

Medium
Oil on canvas board
Year
2014
Inspired by
Between West Kirby and Hoylake, looking towards Hilbre
Price
Not for sale
Catalogue no.
162
Acrylic painting of the sun rising over rolling green-grey waves.
Sunrise on surface of the sea shown at its real size on a wall

Shown at its real size, 45 × 50 cm. Above a cabinet about 90 cm wide. The room is an illustration.

Sunrise on surface of the sea

Medium
Acrylic on canvas board
Size
45 × 50 cm
Year
2017
Price
Not for sale
Catalogue no.
169

This was painted in acrylic paints, and painted quite quickly as I tried to capture the effect of sunlight catching the moving water. It relied to a large extent on imagination and memory!