Mixed-media artist investigating memory, preservation, and erasure.

Studio Philosophy

Contemporary mixed-media practice rooted in material inquiry and layered narrative.

The work investigates memory, domestic histories, feminine experience, and the tension between preservation and erasure. Through photography, paint, textile, paper, and encaustic wax, each piece is constructed through accumulation — image embedded within surface, gesture interrupted by translucency, material both obscuring and revealing what lies beneath.

Process is integral to meaning. Layers are not decorative; they are conceptual — functioning as metaphor for lived experience, inherited story, and the fragility of documentation.

Working from Regina, Saskatchewan, MacPherson maintains a studio practice grounded in experimentation, material sensitivity, and sustained visual dialogue.

The Work

MacPherson’s mixed-media works integrate photography, printmaking and paint, mark making, hand stitching, fabric, and wax processes. Translucency and material tension remain central — surfaces are built, partially concealed, distressed, and reactivated.

Recurring themes include:

• The preservation and deterioration of image

• Rural and domestic memory

• Feminine lineage and experience

• The intersection of photography and painting

• Material as archive

Techniques such as polaroid transfer, cyanotype, image embedding, and encaustic layering are used to create dimensional depth and atmospheric subtlety. The physicality of the materials — wax bloom, thread tension, paper fragility — becomes a structural component of the narrative.

Her work is held in private collections in Canada and internationally.

Artist Biography

Kristin MacPherson is a Canadian visual artist and photographer with over twenty-five years of professional practice.

She studied fine art at Medicine Hat College and completed the Applied Photography Program at SIAST (now Saskatchewan Polytechnic). In 1997, she received the Student Photographer of the Year award from the Professional Photographers of Canada.

Primarily self-directed within her painting and mixed-media practice, MacPherson returned to sustained material exploration through experimental acrylic studies, ultimately developing a layered methodology that merges photographic process with painterly surface.

She is a juried member of the Saskatchewan Craft Council.

Photography

In parallel with her studio practice, MacPherson maintains a selective photographic portfolio. Her background in commercial and portrait photography informs her fine-art work — particularly in image structure, compositional clarity, and archival experimentation.

Photography remains foundational to her practice; however, within the studio it is approached as material — embedded, altered, and recontextualized — rather than as documentation.

Commercial and Editorial Photography

Photographs with a diverse range of subjects for commercial and editorial clients, all with a clean and elegant aesthetic.with thoughtful visual storytelling.

With 25+ years of experience, Kristin created commercial and portrait photography for organizations and individuals across Saskatchewan and beyond. Her background includes extensive work assisting photographers on location across Canada, contributing to a deep understanding of production, lighting, and client needs

Kristin’s commercial experience includes work connected to brands and organizations such as Farm Credit Canada (FCC), 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), Farm Credit Canada (FCC), Creative Kids, Global Minds, Stoneground paint Co., Edge Modelling Agency, Black Dog Art Supply and more.

About Red

Red Fox Creative Studio began in 2016 as a warm, community-oriented extension of Kristin’s artistic practice—built around kindness, curiosity, and the joy of making. “Red” represents compassion, creativity, and a playful, resourceful spirit.