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 (46)
Akinom
A fantastic POV! A pleasure to view and explore all the details! Excellently done, hon!
nhirschberger
A wonderful place to be ! Fantastic flowers and shot ! Excellent work !!! VOTE
Blush
Simply stunning Love the vibrant colors too and I know Patti will love it Hope all is ok with you & I got up a new one too Vote n hugs Susan~ P S Your in Top 20 2D gallery too sis:) Vote n hugs Susan~
GOLDILOCKSUK
Ohhhh wow I love the archway and the gardens what a beautiful photograph it's so pretty I bet it's gorgeous there vote Cathy oxoxox
Cosme..D..Churruca
Fantastic compo with superb colours !
Digimon
Wow what an enchanting place!
DennisReed
Lovely architectural structure, photo, and BD dedication! Bravo!
Anjour
Beautiful work and garden,flowers shot...bravo!!!:o)
dcarvell
Wow! Stunning shot!
Prinzessin
Wow... what a pleasure to look at! The light is just wonderful... The compo, the POV... And a sooo lovely dedi... :-)) Wonderful work... :-)
Enmos
Amazing compo and pov here, superb capture !!! Awesome !! :o)
ana-maria
Pure beauty! Like a dream. I love it!
visionart
Magnificent colours in this capture! Most wonderful Kimmer!Rob2753
Lovely image with a wonderful sentiment :)
Richardphotos
and here I thought it was your courtyard there in Calif.!! beautiful place and capture
MeredithWilson
Dear Kimarie, I so far behind and totally out of order, too. I hope you are feeling better. And I need to go over and wish Pat a Happy Birthday, too. Terrific photo and love all the bright colors!!! Really beautiful!!! Im still slaying e-bots!! (What else is new??) Until I can get caught up, Im still going to mostly just be leaving behind my calling card. But Id also like to leave a suggestion with everyone. In the three months Ive been here at Renderosity, Ive made a huge number of wonderful friends that really mean the world to me. And Id like to share a technique with everyone. Take a minute each day and have a look at Whats New. Pick out the work of someone you dont know, pop it open and have a nice little look at what they have done. And dont just look at people that do the same things as you. Pick from all the different categories and programs. You will learn a lot and youll get new ideas for postings. This cross pollination will help us build more robust hybrid art. All of the Old Masters in art history spent a great deal of time learning from the Old Masters of their day AND from each other. If we do the same, our work will continue to get better and better. And sometimes pick someone that is just starting out and give them a hand share YOUR knowledge with a newcomer. And then send them a brief IM. Introduce yourself and tell them how much you like their work. Youve just taken the MOST IMPORTANT step toward making a new friend!!! Everyone will learn from each other and each new friendship is one more stitch in this Tapestry of Friends that is Renderosity!!! SO MAKE ONE NEW FRIEND EACH DAY!!! Love, Meredith