Charles Presti
Contemporary Painter
Best of Show—Artel Gallery, 2026
Fabulous Forgeries Exhibition
Storyteller. Painter. Author.
Returned
Memory comes in pieces. So do these paintings.
Familiar scenes, held long enough to become something else.
Twenty-five years away. Now I am here.
Author of Zoe’s Garden Tales
Stories for children about courage, quiet strength, and finding where you belong.
Reflections
These pages are where the writing found its voice. Essays on memory, place, and the messy truths that float up from the deep.
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The Shed — where it all started.