Haliburton School of The Arts

Marta Scythes is a medical illustrator, fine artist and educator. Her work has been published by Harrowsmith Magazine and Harper Collins (New York). McClelland and Stewart published her pencil and ink illustrations in their best-selling UP NORTH nature series as well as in The Canadian Encyclopedia. She is featured in Canadian Geographic's Trans Canada Trail Guides and The Canadian Medical Association Magazine: Canadian Health. Marta has taught anatomical drawing, portraiture, jewellery rendering, printmaking and watercolour at St. Lawrence College, Southampton Art School, Queen's University and the Haliburton School of The Arts for many years. Marta recently completed her MSc in Biomedical Communications at University of Toronto. She is currently teaching Structure and Function at Ontario College of Art & Design and creating medical animations for the Hospital for Sick Children.