TURNER PUBLISHING • June 4, 2020
Michael Vermette has been chosen as the Allagagash Wilderness Waterway Visiting Artist for 2020. Vermette, based in Old Town, is a full-time artist and part-time teacher. He holds a BFA in painting and has been painting in oil, watercolor and pastel for more than 45 years. He has won numerous awards, and his paintings are in private collections globally. Vermette will spend two weeks immersed in the Allagash beauty at the waterway’s Lock Dam Cabin.