Joan MullinsPainter · Nantwich, Cheshire

Sea fantasies

Watercolours of the imagination · 6 paintings

Watercolour of pink-tinged fish and shells swirling with seaweed in a blue-grey sea.
Pink Fish and Shell shown at its real size on a wall

Shown in a typical mount and frame, which are not included. The painting itself is 30 × 41 cm. Above a cabinet about 90 cm wide. The room is an illustration.

Pink Fish and Shell

Medium
Watercolour on paper
Size
30 × 41 cm
Year
1990s
Price
£300
Catalogue no.
75

Shells and fishes swirled around with seaweed. Colour is restricted to concentrate the eye on the composition.

Watercolour of a huge surging wave, with a small group of figures standing on the shore in the distance.
Waiting shown at its real size on a wall

Shown in a typical mount and frame, which are not included. The painting itself is 51 × 42 cm. Above a cabinet about 90 cm wide. The room is an illustration.

Waiting

Medium
Watercolour on paper
Size
51 × 42 cm
Year
1990s
Price
£300
Catalogue no.
76

Five figures stand, waiting, as the huge sea surges close to them.

Watercolour of a green and white wave twisting into a spiral, with shells and fish caught in it.
Twisting Wave shown at its real size on a wall

Shown in a typical mount and frame, which are not included. The painting itself is 50 × 38 cm. Above a cabinet about 90 cm wide. The room is an illustration.

Twisting Wave

Medium
Watercolour on paper
Size
50 × 38 cm
Year
1989
Price
£300
Catalogue no.
79

I was interested in the way water moves, twisting and rushing on, taking all before it. This is an early painting exploring this interest, which I have returned to over the years, increasingly in oils.

Watercolour of a large ridged shell floating among pale clouds and pink fish.
Floating Shell shown at its real size on a wall

Shown in a typical mount and frame, which are not included. The painting itself is 52 × 54 cm. Above a cabinet about 90 cm wide. The room is an illustration.

Floating Shell

Medium
Watercolour on paper
Size
52 × 54 cm
Price
£390
Catalogue no.
83

I have drawn this shell several times. This was the beginning of the idea of floating shells, culminating in my oil painting of 2024.

Watercolour of fish, shells and seaweed tossed by a breaking wave onto a beach, in blues, lilacs and white.
Tossed by the sea shown at its real size on a wall

Shown in a typical mount and frame, which are not included. The painting itself is 51 × 55 cm. Above a cabinet about 90 cm wide. The room is an illustration.

Tossed by the sea

Medium
Watercolour on paper
Size
51 × 55 cm
Year
1998
Price
£600
Catalogue no.
161

Fish, shells and seaweed tossed by the waves. One of the first paintings in which the idea of the sea and beach were linked.

Watercolour of a broken pink shell tossed by a wave with fish and shells, with a calm beach seen through it.
Looking through a shell shown at its real size on a wall

Shown in a typical mount and frame, which are not included. The painting itself is 38 × 50 cm. Above a cabinet about 90 cm wide. The room is an illustration.

Looking through a shell

Medium
Watercolour on paper
Size
38 × 50 cm
Year
1989
Price
£450
Catalogue no.
170

Looking through the broken shell as it is tossed by the wave, along with fishes and shells, through to the calm beach in the background.