This is my third and perhaps my last exhibit at CCC since I am seriously considering retirement and if I do retire, I will leave the area and move closer to my family. 
   Some of the paintings in this exhibit date back a few years and the rest are new. None have ever been shown as originals. The one titled "companions" was printed as a poster and sold all over the U.S. 
   The source of my inspiration continues to be the flamboyan tree and its' clusters of flowers. 
   Their shapes and colors have taken me into a more spiritual state of mind and abstract presentation which goes into a theme I shall call celestial longings.
   None of my work had been for sale before at CCC but an exception has been made in order to make an effort to raise funds for the building debt. 
   Fifty percent of anything sold will go to that endeavor. 
Alma Lugo