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 (55)
croxie
Great shot and I love that orange colour :D
Cosme..D..Churruca
A stunner ! excellent photography !
busi2ness
What a proud history they have, building the American economy. Great angle to capture this grand lady.
Shari123
Boy the Tennessee Vols fans would love that train LOL! It certainly is a fine example of Americana. Good that you listened to the little voice that said stop. Bravo!
Denger
These old F-units had a lot of character -- thank you for going out of your way to share this one with us!
soffy
fantastic shotV
SoulSearcherr
love trains..so much character to them..and you show it off wonderful
wingnut55
a magnificent picture. i think it should be on the front cover of your book. when is that coming out, by the way ....?
danob
What a grand old train even if it is not steam she is a beauty
pm_hackworth
My son would love it! VOTE
evilstoy
Amazing shot. Beautiful colors. Great composition. VOTE!
Chaos911
what a F A N T A S T I C shot and work!!!! super cooooool!!! :)
kenmo
I love this Kimmie... Pretty powerful & dramatic... V
tizjezzme
This is REALLY nice ... sooo clear and crisp and the colors are WOW. Great shot ... pov, etc... V
maggiemai
Ohhhhhh WOW the color!!!! I just love trains!! This is an awesome picture...that color just makes it look like it's coming right out of my screen!! Beautiful!!! :-))) VOTE
GOLDILOCKSUK
The style of the train almost looks futuristic either that or thunder birds are go! Don't know if you get that over there lol! I showed my hubby this one. He agrees with me he loves the info you put with it. Great read and photo V Cathy xoxoxox
iaacf
Ahh.. you've brought back my youth. I have always had a weakness for trains..when I was a little boy, I was fascinated by this kind of engines, the Santa Fe in particular.. anyway... ehh.. this is so beautiful... thanks for sharing and for bringing back my youth and congrats on having this picture in the Gallery.
GiMi53
It's totally justified that this excellent image has been selected as a staff pic in LWitG [ Last Week in the Galleries : http://backroom.renderosity.com/~photo/newweb/last_week_in_galleries/lwig_jun4-11_06.html ] Bravo, Kimmie ! Hugs & Kisses ! :~)
bogwoppet
This is a superb image with vibrant colours, great composition and perfect exposure but that describes all of your masterpieces. I also love the story of the day out in the new car and the history of the loco - it puts the image into perspective and enables us to share a wonderful day. You are without doubt one of the top photographers here and could easily go professional - much of your work has a commercial value and is very publishable. Keep up the great work - Bravo! V
Margana
Of course you recognized blue and orange are lovely together...Because most of all you are an artist...Fabulous shot,Kimmie and your postwork is awesome...I would never have known!It doesn't get better than that!-M :^)
Maradic
Just excellent. Professional quality!!
Burpee
You have a talent for capturing the unexpected and this one is the perfect example. Superb presentation!!!
moochagoo
Fabulous picture. I love it.
Mikan
true - very proud! good angle to take a photo of this marvelous "creature"! :)
shutterbugs
Love the colors!