Charles Presti

Contemporary Painter

Best of Show—Artel Gallery, 2026

Fabulours Forgeries Exhibition

Painting the World in Polygons

I paint in fragments — shapes, planes, angles — because memory rarely arrives whole.
It comes in pieces.

These works begin with what I see. What I feel. What I dream.
Familiar scenes, held long enough to become something else.

I hadn’t painted in over twenty-five years.
Now I am here.

Also Author of Zoe’s Garden Tales

In addition to painting, I write and illustrate children’s books exploring courage, quiet strength, and belonging.

Reflections

Essays and reflections live on Substack.