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 (28)
Zacko
AWESOME!!! LOL, cute info down below it too #:oD Thats it, this weekend Im gonna do some serious "painting" or "smudging" or whatever. It looks like you had great fun making this one!!!
Shari123
What an impish little guy! Let's just hope he doesn't start fires. I'm really enjoying your playing. Please play some more!
ianmarke2005
Excellent - and your colors are so perfect as ever... :)
Sophies
Wow.He is just georgeous.Excellent work!!
webshadow
Well right now I'm quite glad that he popped up on my 'puter screen because he is a delight! This is truly imaginative and excellent painting, and I know painting with a mouse is very difficult because that is all I paint with and I could never achieve results like this. Beautifully done! Thanks for sharing him!
kellendor
He's great and what a wonderfully impish grin he has. Great expression. Keep impressing us with images real or imagined. Great work (as usual)!
3dben
Very nice work. Great coloring and style
tony_br22
Beautiful .. really beautiful!. That you did this with a mouse and not with a wacom or physical paintbrus is beyond my comprehension. Love your coloring and this little magic elf composition. Beautiful lighting on his face there .. Top class!!
Onslow
Superb imagination and image - you have a wonderful way with painting :)
Ensomniac
He's melting my screen!!! Great technique and style.
tvernuccio
I totally love your style and sense of humor (and well, by now, you know how much i luv your art!!!) This little impish thing certainly does have a firey personality, and he's so full of charm and delight! i love how he's just bursting off the screen! the way you composed this with the flaming strokes is just incredible!!! Totally awesome! vote!
jocko500
cool looking
kimariehere
hey i wanted to ask - LOL -OK, my daughter says this is not an elf but a GNOME... CAN any experets on the gnome /elf subject tell me if she is right on this matter.... cause i dunno- he just showed up in my paintshop i am not sure WHERE he came from!!!! i am no Elf expert here!!!
Syltermermaid
All that done in PSP ??? That is really sensational!!! I think I never would get this!!! You are very, very gifted for paintings!!! Wonderful!!
visionart
"Artwork at its best....You have a wonderful imagination and talent"
kennyliu
This is a awesome painting! What a fire elf!!
WonderfulCreation
Awesome paint job!
DIANE603
Another super image!! MORE PLEASE!!
dorkati
Lovely portrait!
Belladzines
Amazing!! so glad i came to see your gallery!!! vote
kenmo
Very imaginative....V
ebsmooth
very cool!!! love the colors you chose! also the brush strokes are a excellent touch, it gives it that hand painted look! awesome work!!!
Gwyn Tyger
a wonderfully beautiful work.
Digimon
Fabulous strokes!! This looks much better! This is by far my favorite so far!!!! The colors are wonderful!! So is the characture!! you really have a way with getting emotional impact from your poses!! What a vivid work of art!!
roobol
You have a very interesting gallery. This is definitely one of my favourites, well done.
BribieBill
BribieBill Yes I am afraid that it is a Gnome May I please put it in my favorites with people like you putting up on the Art Galleries it is hard for me to make my bones and you are blessed with three Beautiful and talented daughters to act as your Models. By the way my name is Mike Kimaire
npauling
Taking another look at your early postings and they surely are beautiful. This is so creative and beautifully done I love it.
lior
Terrific image!