She is an intuitive artist and experimenter in her creative endeavors. She is inspired by nature and the nuances of color, which is reflected in her work. Nisansala has not framed herself to a particular stylistic formula; her work is vivid and she carries on with new expressions and explorations of colors, forms, and texture.
Nisansala is well-known Sri Lankan artist resident in Sri Lanka. Her training as a graphic designer and fine arts photographer at the California State University at San Jose, qualifying with a BFA, and also a master’s from the University of Kalaniya in Buddhist studies helps her delve into different traditions amalgamating her Asian roots to blend space and time to create a dynamic perspective of art while also deriving the western worldview of realism and accuracy.
She has done many solo exhibitions and her paintings are held in collections in the US, Germany, Japan, Australia, Korea, China and in the personal collection of Padmanabadasa Uttarananda Maharaja of Travancore, India — is a recognition of the work and an endorsement for the unique style she has developed.