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 (59)
Shardz
This is one phenomenal image! Living in California myself, I'm always searching for beautiful places, and this truly is captivating! A most excellent capture of natural beauty! Excellent work!!
Digimon
Wow! Thought it was Hawaii at first! Wild shot!
Shari123
I am amazed at the greeness of the desert! And the tree that frames the view is just amazing. I've heard of them but have never really seen one up close. Thank you for sharing this one!
thevolunteer
Amazing, a green desert. Love the pov. A once in a lifetime photo alright. Don't lose it. Aloha
brycek
Kim..this is so beautiful. Fantastic shot!!
Akinom
Indeed a once in a life time shot! Great natural framing to this most beautiful landscape! Have fun with the teenies, hon! :o)
pm_hackworth
Bravo! Excellent composition! Excellent presentation!!! VOTE
monoceroo
Wow Kimmers!! Excellent composition. I remember bicycling into Death Valley in August of 1986 and it certainly didn't look like this. Guess this is a hundred year picture. :-) V
1pearl
Beautiful photo !!!!
GOLDILOCKSUK
What an amazing tree I for one have never seen anything like it great shot V Cathy xoxoxo
tesla
Looks fantastic!!!Xlent pov!!!
tibet2004uk
Now this is a fantastic compo!! But the colors seem a bit off to me!! Still a great capture Kim, u always find such interesting subjects!
Tedz
A splendid Scene Dear Smudgie ...a Tree I have never seen ...but have heard of...makes a fine Compo...salute
kimariehere
yep the colors would seem off to anyone.. this isnt photenhanced just a small wonder and event that happens if your lucky once in a lifetime... it made the desert seem like a whole new world .. at the time itook it for granted and didnt realise just how dramtic it was ... till i looked and studied and reserched the subject matter..i have to say even with my bad cam i am proud of this now... thank you !
Sekadhar
Beautiful! Your old camera is my new camera...and I understand that colors! Excellent composition and shot!*****!
maud
What a magnific scene Kim! Amazing tree..Simply gorgeous V :)
Punaguy
There's a POV you don't see everyday...fine capture here of a green desert...makes it so much more interesting then dead and brown. Hang in there with the kids, I know you want to shoot them all by now...lol...Aloha~
romanceworks
A very unique shot and shows how miracles really are all around us if we only take time to see. And what a perfect frame the Joshua tree makes for this very special image. :o) CC
jcv2
Wonderful shot, colors washed out but green green green in Death Valley, that is extraordinary! Whew!
maggiemai
Wow amazing shot kim!! It's so nice to see green in the desert! :-) It's great that you took this photo to show us what could be. :-) Bravo!
donvino
Impressive sight, really stunnning work capturing this !! The Forground is fantastic. Superb !!
BorisB
Very impressive!!! Wonderful clear colors and an excellent POV!!!
cynlee
excellent pov here kimmers & compo... rocks, yes ;]
logiloglu
gorgeous natural frame. its a real pleasure. bravo,Kim #:O)
Lissa_lei
Agree with Gerhard, a fascinatin frame, love the way you have work the sky and the colors and lites are superb. V Lina
jocko500
real good shot happy you find it
Richardphotos
I went to Death Valley a couple of years ago and it definetly was not green but still I could find beauty there. I wanted to go and see it green but money was an issue. thanks for sharing this wonderful capture. I could only imagine the poor tricked Chinese there years ago during the borax mining not recieving pay and unable to walk out, starving on meager food and working all the daylite hours no matter the 120 degree weather and freezing at nite during the winter
sharky_
It magic I tell you! You turned the desert into a beautiful cool paradise. Beautiful job. Aloha
SophiaDeer
Breathtaking!!
rayburg
Wowzers... what a great shot...nicely framed...mother nature can do some great and awful stuff..this is one of her great moments that you caught...