Ann Sullivan, Tiptoeing, Oil on canvas, Image: 12 × 24in. (30.5 × 61cm); frame: 18 × 30in. (45.7 × 76.2cm), Courtesy of the artist, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Ann Sullivan, Reading by the Sea, a Summer Escape, Oil on canvas, Image: 12 × 24in. (30.5 × 61cm); frame: 18 × 30 in. (45.7 × 76.2cm), Courtesy of the artist, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Ann Sullivan, Sitting by the Sea, One of Life's Simple Pleasures, Oil on canvas, Image: 24 × 24in. (61 × 61cm); frame: 30 × 30in. (76.2 × 76.2cm), Courtesy of the artist, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Ann Sullivan, Where You Want To Be, Oil on canvas, Image: 30 × 30in. (76.2 × 76.2cm); frame: 38 × 38in. (96.5 × 96.5cm), Courtesy of the artist, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Ann Sullivan, Sans Souci, Without a Care, Oil on canvas, Image: 36 × 36in. (91.4 × 91.4cm); frame: 40 × 40in. (101.6 × 101.6cm), Courtesy of the artist, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Ann Sullivan, James and His Dad, Jamie, Kayaking on Bass River, Oil on canvas, Image: 48 × 48in. (121.9 × 121.9cm); frame: 52 × 52in. (131.1 × 131.1cm), Courtesy of the artist, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts