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 (71)
PeeWee05
So glad you did post it!!! It's really great!
graemeb
It's a great shot and good atmosphere, well done.
promiselamb
Congrats on making it in the top 40 last week in the gallery :-)
Ti-Paul
Congrats my dear Kimmer you deserved the honour !Awesome action shot ! Wow ! This one rocks and so do you ! Have a great day , and take care ! It's 5 AM and i'm going to work now !:( Bye !
sossy
a perfect and impactful capture of old times, movement and action! ;o)
chips7
Superb pic!
Shardz
This is magnificent!! I had to look at this for awhile to take it all in! This is a true masterpiece and I am very impressed with your brave efforts to get these shots!! Superb work!!
ScourgeofShadows
Now this one I like a lot!
Egmont
I think it is high time to start thinking of a change in employment. Your work and creativity in execution of your concepts are top notch. What you have created here and setting the mood with certain postwork application only shows me it is time to make a change. So go for it!
cynlee
one of your very very best kimmers! luv the tones & dust & long crop ;]
tony_br22
Excellent series .. and your coloring/serphia toning is just perfect!