Dorothy Fernando (née Dias; 18 September 1907 – 1981)[1] was a Sri Lankan painter.
[1] In her late teens, she pursued her interest in painting and nature in defiance of her father's wishes.
[1][3] 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.
[2] Dias married Cyril Fernando, who became one of Sri Lanka's most prominent physicians.[when?]