Studio Philosophy

My creative studio exists to nurture creative & mindful living. My aim is to create a happier and creatively enriched society with creative services that inspire, nourish and support you in what you need.

Kristin MacPherson is a photographer, artist and art educator based in Regina, Saskatchewan. She shoots a diverse range of subjects for commercial and editorial clients, all with a clean and elegant aesthetic.

BIO

The long story…

Kristin's Saskatchewan roots in the visual arts run deep. As a young child growing up in Bethune, Saskatchewan, she was quickly immersed in the family's devotion to the arts. Her family members painted, sketched and sculpted, with young Kristin seeing their art displayed everywhere. Witnessing adults constantly creating and appreciating the arts, she quickly developed in that environment a desire to create beautiful things that could be appreciated.

Kristin is primarily a self taught artist with formal training in photography. She attended Medicine Hat College for two years exploring fine arts, followed up with two years at SIAST Regina Campus ( now Sask PolyTech). In 1997 she earned Student Photographer of the Year from the Professional Photographers of Canada. She later graduated from SIAST's Applied Photography Program and moved into a commercial photography profession. An experimental acrylics course enabled Kristin to rediscover her love of paint. Through this return to the craft emerged the seeds of her own modernist style.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Kristin is a photographer with over 25 years experience in commercial and portrait photography. As well as her photography practice, she has assisted Saskatchewan photographers for over 25 years. She has traveled Canada while working as Commercial Photography Assistant. Kristin has worked extensively with high end commercial clients; FCC ( Farm Credit Canada), Tourism Saskatchewan, Workers Compensation Board, Conexus, Regina Airport Authority, Tourism Saskatchewan, Phoenix Group and many more in her career as a commercial photography assistant. Her personal client list includes; CPA (Chartertered Professional Accountants), FCC (Farm Credit Canada), Creative Kids, Global Minds, Stoneground paint Co., Edge Modelling Agency, Framemasters Gallery aka Black Dog and more.

ARTWORKS

Kristin’s eclectic skill set allows her to naturally fall into mixed media collage creations where she can combine her love for all of her creative endeavours. The underlying theme of Kristin’s collage work includes the rumination of history, layered with the complexity of the human experience.

Kristin explores these concepts through the combination of photography, sewing, paint, papers, fabrics, found objects and encaustic wax. Kristin is continually exploring the wild, mercurial nature of polaroid transfers, cyanotype printing and encaustic wax and how these materials layer and interact with each other to create works that are luminous and ethereal in their translucency.

Kristin currently owns and operates two small businesses: Kristin MacPherson Studio and Red Fox Creative Studio. She is using her varied experience within the arts to create custom contemporary photography and artworks for her clients. As well as being a a juried member of the Saskatchewan Craft Council and Carfac Saskatchewan member, Kristin shares her love of the arts by teaching classes and workshops around the province.

As well as being a juried member of the Saskatchewan Craft Council, Kristin shares her love of the arts by teaching workshops around the province through her second business Red Fox Creative Studio. Kristin’s artworks are housed in national and international collections.

ABOUT ME

…and the short…

• Dachshunds. I have two and they are wonderful

• Kids. Three. Great people, also wonderful :)

A few things about my 45 + years of experience in visual arts

• Art and photography are essential skills in my life that I love to share with others. I love teaching and connecting with my students.

• My personal favourite mediums;
  Encaustic wax
  Photography
  Acrylic paints and mediums
  Collage to include my photography in my work…

• I am a photographer with over 20 years experience in commercial and portrait photography. As well as my own photography practice, I have assisted many Saskatchewan photographers for over the last 20 years. I have traveled Canada while working as Commercial Photography Assistant.

I guess you could call this art history :)

• I was surrounded by artists in my family while I was growing up in small town Saskatchewan.

• I spent two years working towards a BFA, Bachelor of Fine Arts at Medicine Hat College, Alberta.

• In 1997, I graduated with a diploma from the Applied Photography Program at SIAST, now Saskatchewan Polytechnic in Regina, Saskatchewan. I studied analog camera, film and darkroom techniques, as well as, digital photography including Adobe Photoshop.

ABOUT Red

This creative little red fox was born in the fall of 2016.

• Red is kindness, compassion and joy

• Red is crafty like a Fox :)