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 .. .
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Comments (53)
Syltermermaid
LOL!! A great shot and your smudging is marevelous, Kimmie!!!! It is wonderful, very funny and a great idea!!!Excellent work!!
Tedz
Catch a Falling Star and put it in Your Pocket...never let it fade away...Fishylicious!
jinet
Nice and funny !
pimbotin
Excellent! Bravo!!
glennn23
Nice imagination with this image! For a starfish, your model is in really, really great shape!
chrysalide
Lol excellent work. have a good day
Cosme..D..Churruca
Speechless... this is genial !
cynlee
lol.. i can imagine the mad rush to snap the shot.. & you made the most of it, you really did.. :]
odie
LOL...yup, it looks like a rush to get it before it flies back to the sky..um, I mean ocean! Funny perspective! :0)
Shari123
Always such a wonderful story to go with each and every image! You must lead an exciting life. It always brings a smile to my face when I see your newest creation!
nongo
What a hoot!!!!!!! LOL!!!!! excellent artwork Kimmers!!!*** ;)
Georgy
Wow this is great!!!!!Love what you did,very cool love the colors too.
Gor111
What a brilliant capture of this starfish! I love the way how you have colored this fabulous looking scene! Excellent shot and postwork really!!! V
blacq_nyght_vampyre
Excellent composition.
GOLDILOCKSUK
Lol! I can make out your face what a fun image well done :) Cathy xoxoxo
tvernuccio
you're so silly, Kimmers!!! LOL! i love that little starfish! this would be wonderful in a storybook!! You write so well, and i love how you made this guy look so cute! the shoreline is gorgeous too! but i was just thinking about how you could take this little starfish and make him a STAR in a childrens' book!!! i've done the same thing before...tried to get a shot when i only had seconds. like that orangutan i posted...well, i had everything set up for infrared shooting...we just ducked in real quick to see him. didn't expect him to jump up and start swingin' around. it was either shoot him in infrared or lose the shots. Anyway, glad you managed to capture him before he got thrown back into the water. This is just DELIGHTFUL and put a huge smile on my face!!!!! thanks!!! :)
claridad
Your photo, artwork and story are certainly a great trio. When I look at it I find my shelf unconsciously mimmicking the "facial expression" made by the starfish. LOL! What fun this is!
hotracer2
You can almost see a face in the upper middle,neat shot:):):)...V
ovag
A star is born... Excellent story !
morin3000
Splendid capture! You have this disastrous to finish a beautiful framing! Good day! We love you :o))
maggiemai
hehehe...this is a funny one kimmers!! I love the look on his face...LOL Excellent postwork too!! :-)
TwoPynts
A terrific photo, I wish I had time to comment on all your recent ones, but this "star" shone brighter for me, so I thought I'd comment here. You work is so wonderful and creative of late, keep it up. Again, luv those purples. =]
silverhalide
the face reminds me the character that used to be on Saturday Night Live years ago..made of clay that said all the time: "Oh NO...help me Mr Bill...oh NO!!"