Dorothy Fernando

Fernando became a member of the Ceylon Social Service League, running a sewing school for underprivileged girls for several years.^[1] She developed her watercolour painting technique while illustrating the country's indigenous orchids for her brother-in-law Ernest Zoysa.^[1][3]

Fernando travelled during the 1940s, collecting and painting wildflowers. She eventually published a book titled Wildflowers of Ceylon in England in 1954.^[2]

Dias married Cyril Fernando, who became one of Sri Lanka's most prominent physicians.^[when?] They had four children. Cyril died in 1955.^[1]

Fernando died in 1981 while preparing for her third exhibition.^[1]