My name is Thiseni Dharmapala. If calling yourself an artist is based truly on your educational qualification at university, I'm not an artist (as a 17 year old, the closest thing to an art qualification is the high achievers certificate I won in year 10 for art, the only time i took an art class in high school). In my eyes, anyone who truly expresses themselves is an artist . Art is something I've always enjoyed, mostly in the form of dancing and singing. About two years ago, I did art in school for just one year and discovered my passion for drawing and painting. Ever since, I have enjoyed creating graphite drawings and paintings mainly with acrylics and oils. As a 17 year old hoping to become a surgeon one day, art is something I've taken up as a hobby or more correctly, it's how I express my feelings and interests in things and people. I hope you enjoy the art I created as much as I do.