Kimarie Chartier here- 43. I live in Canyon Country /Newhall area , Southern California. I have always been an artist . I started drawing at age two. My Mother said when I was a child I always had something to draw with in hand and I would cry when the paper ran out (LOL) ..I went to art school for a short while and have taught art to elementry school kids. I have done many oil paintings , pastels and watercolors , but recently , have been intrigued with digital photography and computer photo art in paint shop pro. now, I mainly work in Paint shop pro 7 and 11. I now also just beginning to work in ADobe photoshop cs2 ! I also am a full time Mom with three girls ( who are all over my gallery) Annie 16, Janel 13, and Christina 10. Between my parenting, photoshoots, Renderosity and playing in paint shop/ photoshop I keep very busy ! I also have a sweet, loving cocker spaniel named Candi who is very needy of much love and attention lol She goes with me on photoshoots-oh- 'cept when I am shooting birds haha cause she is a bird hunter by nature!!
 I LOVE any kind of art .like to draw and paint with basically anything I can get my hands on (LOL)!
I have fallen in love with photography
opening up light and dark and seeing the limitless possiblities! But I do still love to paint too!!  Works like Nightfears , came from nothing but my immagination -drawing/ painting with only a mouse paint and smudge tools from a blank page in paintshop 7. I started out with a Nikon 7900 pocket cam and am at the moment working in photography..now also have two other canon pocket cams a sl900
and sx 100is - mainly all my work in my gallery is done with my little pocket cams - they go with me everywhere and is an an extention of my right hand!! I have a canon rebel as well but it isnt working all that great so manly using the pocket cams for now . Learning..growing and sharing on here is the best!! I don't know what I would do without this site it has helped me learn so much..( this site motivates me so much ) I love it here ! yeah so I got the photography bug ..and I also love to do photo art...!! I, every now and then I will do a painting or a smudging as I call it.( you can see most of my smudge painting works hand done with a mouse on the first two pages of my gallery!!)
 Here is the link to an older webpage of mine ( need to seriously get it updated )... ! http://www.kimarie.xoom-arts.com
Feel free to email me or say hi anytime my everyday email is kimarie_davis@hotmail.com ! always love to hear from you!
 Thanks for stopping by .. .
Comments (66)
suresh_krishna
You must have found this when you stumbled on the old car. This is a lovely shot, though it droops a little bit because of the rain. It does not take anything away from the effect. Well done!
morin3000
Very beautiful sunflower!!!! Its does not remove its beauty!!!! Excelling!***
Zacko
I know you just turned 40 so i wont call you an antique just yet...but like ya said we all love old things with charm. #:oP Sunflowers are really cool, we dont see them where i live unless someone chose to grow one in the backyard or something. They do look alot like flowers we call "maskros"...only 200 times bigger, lol. Wouldnt wanna have these as weeds on my lawn...doubth the lawnmower could handle em, lol. Excellent POV and beautiful shot! Have a great day and i hope you find lots of treasures!!! #:O)
joost48
One word-Marvellous--Great captute and composition.Nicely done.
erlandpil
Nice one erland
marybelgium
beautifully done... love the droplets !
Sok
Nice photo.
RodolfoCiminelli
Excellent photo of a beautiful sunflower.....!!!
oscilis
A sad sunflower. Looks beautiful with the raindrops on it.
tibet2004uk
Ah yes, I love antics too!! And a great shot here!! Love the details!
SNAKEY
This sunflower is awesome and I love the composition and presentation very much. It's different and thats what makes the difference.:O))
DELMUR
it seems not happy!!beautifull compo!
spselfr
excellent pic it looks like it is cring
ana-maria
Looks sad, but beautiful. Excellent shot, fantastic details!!!
lafayette
superbe soleil "couchant"
romanceworks
It's a wonderful shot of a sunflower - one of my favs, too. They are such fascinating flowers and you've captured its personality. :o) CC
nathalie06
Ciao Kimmers !!! As you I love the Sunflowers, and the old things (as us ;o)))) This shot is very charming, and the tears of a sad Sunflower are magic, do you know that ? A very lovely shot and composition. This droplets are as so many jewels on it !
maggiemai
Beautiful kimmers!!! This is a gorgeous shot of this sunflower! It looks fantastic against the white background and the rain drops has given it so much character! :-) Excellent!! V
Digimon
Fabulous capture!! Love the presentation!! Sunflowers are among my favorites!!! Lovely work Kim!!
Mondwin
Superb and splendid capture!!!Really great shot!!bravo!V:DDD
Tedz
A fine shot of this Big One ;]
hewee
What I great shot there. He hee bet that is when you got stuck in the mud and then trying to get unstuck you fill down on your rear and looked up and said wow I need to take a picture of that. :) Just kidding Kimmer.
brycek
So beautiful Kim..love sunflowers and this is a wonderful shot!! V
donvino
Beautiful sunflower and wonderful raindrops on it. Bravo!!!
ovag
Great shot. This flower looks sad with its head looking at the ground. Well done Kim
Cosme..D..Churruca
Outstanding detail... very well done !
maud
Splendid capture here! Bravo Kim and vote!!
Syltermermaid
It is beautiful Kimmie!! An excellent captured sunflower!!! Eonderful shot and I wish we had some here!!! I love sunflowers they are so typical for the Country side!!! Excellent!
pimbotin
Your sunflower is depressing... Give her a little bit of sun, dear!...
odie
A sad but beautiful sunny flower. :0)