His father, Michael Waterman, has been painting in Maine for 60 years — impressionistic oil paintings previously displayed at Aucocisco Galleries in Portland and Harbor Square Gallery in Rockland. His grandfather, Alfred Waterman, was an artist as well.
So you’d think Oliver Waterman would pick up the paints and easel and fall in line.
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