Ellen Koment and Encaustic

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Ellen Koment is the recipient of the LaVendeeme award for excellence in  encaustic education, as well as the 2018 Gottlieb Foundation artist grant..she has been exhibiting for many years, the last twenty five primarily in encaustic wax. See more of her work at
www.ellenkomentart.com  and at a number of galleries across the country. You can't find a more knowledgeable teacher! We hope you'll join us!




This is the old studio




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