Inspired by the Scott Sisters: Natural History Illustration Workshop
Discover and learn scientific illustration techniques from artist Liss Finney
Join artist Liss Finney for a hands-on natural history illustration workshop inspired by the work of Harriet and Helena Scott.
Take a guided tour of the exhibition, and then learn to observe, sketch and paint botanical and entomological specimens using high-quality art materials. You'll leave with a moth illustration and 'pinned' version of your illustration.
About Liss Finney
Liss Finney (b. 1992, Lutruwita/Tasmania) is an artist living and working between Awabakal Land, Newcastle and Gadigal Land, Sydney, NSW. She was a 2025 Creative Collection Artist at Orange Regional Museum. Liss holds a BFA in painting (2023) and an MFA in Sculpture (2025) from the National Art School, previously completing a Bachelor Degree with Distinction in Natural History Illustration from the University of Newcastle (2016).
She was the recipient Clitheroe Foundation Masters Scholarship in 2023 and the Tropical LAB Singapore Residency Prize in 2024. She h as exhibited nationally and internationally, and most recently was awarded Runner Up in the 2025 Brenda Clouten Travelling Scholarship Prize. She has previously been a finalist in the Lake Prize, Hawkesbury Art Prize, Newcastle Club Art Prize, National Emerging Art Prize, and Blake Prize.
Liss is a sessional lecturer at the National Art School and works at the John Hunter Children’s Hospital and Sydney Children’s Hospital as an Arts and Health Facilitator.
About Transformations: Art of the Scott Sisters
14 March to 8 June 2026
Transformations: Art of the Scott Sisters brings to life the work of Harriet and Helena Scott. With their paintbrushes, microscopes and magnifying glasses, the worked together to transform nature into art in extraordinary paintings of moths and butterflies.
This exhibition features reproductions of 39 delicate watercolours, original documents and sketches by the Scott familiy and original butterfly and moth specimens on loan from the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.
Discover and learn scientific illustration techniques from artist Liss Finney
Join artist Liss Finney for a hands-on natural history illustration workshop inspired by the work of Harriet and Helena Scott.
Take a guided tour of the exhibition, and then learn to observe, sketch and paint botanical and entomological specimens using high-quality art materials. You'll leave with a moth illustration and 'pinned' version of your illustration.
About Liss Finney
Liss Finney (b. 1992, Lutruwita/Tasmania) is an artist living and working between Awabakal Land, Newcastle and Gadigal Land, Sydney, NSW. She was a 2025 Creative Collection Artist at Orange Regional Museum. Liss holds a BFA in painting (2023) and an MFA in Sculpture (2025) from the National Art School, previously completing a Bachelor Degree with Distinction in Natural History Illustration from the University of Newcastle (2016).
She was the recipient Clitheroe Foundation Masters Scholarship in 2023 and the Tropical LAB Singapore Residency Prize in 2024. She h as exhibited nationally and internationally, and most recently was awarded Runner Up in the 2025 Brenda Clouten Travelling Scholarship Prize. She has previously been a finalist in the Lake Prize, Hawkesbury Art Prize, Newcastle Club Art Prize, National Emerging Art Prize, and Blake Prize.
Liss is a sessional lecturer at the National Art School and works at the John Hunter Children’s Hospital and Sydney Children’s Hospital as an Arts and Health Facilitator.
About Transformations: Art of the Scott Sisters
14 March to 8 June 2026
Transformations: Art of the Scott Sisters brings to life the work of Harriet and Helena Scott. With their paintbrushes, microscopes and magnifying glasses, the worked together to transform nature into art in extraordinary paintings of moths and butterflies.
This exhibition features reproductions of 39 delicate watercolours, original documents and sketches by the Scott familiy and original butterfly and moth specimens on loan from the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.
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Highlights
- 5 hours
- In person
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Location
Orange Regional Museum
151 Byng Street
Orange, NSW 2800
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