Sri Lanka, April 28 -- Having schooled at Royal College, Colombo, he pursued his undergraduate studies at the University of Colombo, he subsequently completed a second undergraduate degree at the Imperial College, London. Despite living in the vicinity of some of the greatest museums, "even then I only ever visited the Victoria & Albert Museum when I had friends visiting from Sri Lanka," he admits with a laugh.

It wasn't until the early 2000's that art began to take a more personal place in his life. In 2016, Dhammika set out on a mission: scribbling hundreds of pages with passion and persistence. This eventually led to him developing a steady hand, leading to the emergence of a distinctive art style.

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