This exhibit is a collection of studies and paintings of real and imaginary flowers inspired by the gardens, garden stores and countryside of Duchess County.

The studies are all painted on found paper and cardboard and the paintings on canvas and board. This eclectic grouping of paintings created with mixed media and collage, bursting colors and unusual found objects come together to express the personality of each flower in a flamboyant, captivating way.

"I was immediately struck by the intense physical nature of Charles’ painting," said gallery owner Michelle Farnum, "they are dynamic, full of life and color."

Long is a self-taught painter, who has painted for 25 years and been in over 50 one man and group shows worldwide. His mercurial work begins with the creating of an abstract background using mixed media, collage and found accoutrement creating a chaos, from this chaos he works outward slowly drawing out an image until it is fully expressed. He has worked with images ranging from Stonehenge, fish, seahorses, cups, butterflies, still life’s and angels. He was described in Time Out magazine in London as "cunningly expressive". He is represented by Art Movement in London where he lived for six years and has been represented by Project Room 88 in New York City and now is showing at the Rogue Gallery in Chelsea. He has had a home in Pawling for fifteen years.

C.C. (Charles) also has professionally written for 30 years writing copy, plays, short stories and screenplays. He has published in a myriad of literary reviews, various magazines, been produced off-off Broadway and had a collection of short stories published, Puget Sound: 15 stories by Pleasure Boat Studios. He currently writes columns for two art magazines, Our Man In Manhattan, for Flux magazine and NYC Art Scene for Art Exit. He also is a feature writer for artnouveaumagazine.com and whitehotmagazine.com.