Career
Heijnes had visited and painted in Switzerland (Ticino), Italy, France (Brittany, Côte d"Azur) and Sweden. Much of his work is about the Dutch lakeside near his village Kaag. Heijnes had his education at the Quellinusschool in Amsterdam.
Most of his colourful work was made in oil on canvas or aquarel.
Heijnes worked "en plein air" which means painted outdoors. Marinus Heijnes was father of the aquarellist Theodoor Heynes.