Charles Presti

Contemporary Painter

Memory comes in pieces. So do these paintings.

Selected Works

Holding Time

A Digital Artbook

Browse Holding Time, a digital collection of paintings and essays about imagination, memory, kindness, and the quiet moments that shape our lives.

Some stories are better experienced than explained.

These are recent works from ongoing explorations of memory, imagination, kindness, and everyday wonder.

Selected Works

I LOVE YOU MORE
WHAT THE WIND CARRIES
LORETTA

Recent Highlights

  • Best of Show, Artel Gallery (2026)

  • SUSPENDED Exhibit

  • The Silent Song of Harpo finalist, American Writing Awards

Featured Projects

Imagination, Kindness & Hockney

Featured by Milkcrate Art + Music Collaborative

Three interconnected trilogies exploring childhood, kindness, imagination, and the quiet freedom found in play. Experience contemporary figurative paintings that celebrate the moments that shape us.

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