I enjoy iPhoto, but is there a simple image editor / creator for Mac?

I am a new Mac user and run a virtual machine on top of the Mac OS with VM Fusion (running windows 7). I first installed the virtual machine when I bought my computer, to use some software for work. The software issues I had when I bought my Mac are now gone, but I find myself using the Windows side of things for Paint. I have PhotoShop on my MacBook Pro, which works well when I want to do a lot of work on photos, but to create images and edit images I find the program kind of bulky.
I was wondering if anyone has a recommendation for a program that is Paint for Mac (or close...)

...but I find myself using the Windows side of things for Paint...
Preview, included with OSX, has some simple tools for creating lines and text.  I use it when I need to blank out personal info from screenshots when submitting bug reports or posting to the forums here.
If you really want something close to Paint, you can download Paintbrush.  Maybe my needs were simple, but any editing I did with Windows' Paint, I found I could do with Preview, so I hardly ever have to open Paintbrush.
...I have PhotoShop on my MacBook Pro, which works well when I want to do a lot of work on photos, but to create images and edit images I find the program kind of bulky....
Not to be snarky, but I can't really imagine what kind of "editing" of a photo you'd be doing in Paint.  As I mentioned above, Preview does similar to Paint to create lines, boxes, text and such, but nothing that I'd consider "photo editing."  You said you like iPhoto.  I found that many of the "touchup" tasks I used Photoshop for I can do in iPhoto, and iPhoto is quite simple to use compared to Photoshop.  Once I really started using iPhoto as the primary means to import from my camera, which naturally leads to having iPhoto organize and manage your photo library, using iPhoto for editing became quite natural.

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