Bukkasagara Krishnaiah Srinivas Varma[2] (5 September 1948 – 6 February 2023)[3] was an Indian painter from Bangalore, whose subject was mainly environment and social issues presented in a surreal form.

He also specialised in painting pictures in front of a large audience, in a short span of time, usually for poetry or dance.

Travelled all over India twice and met a lot of eminent people which included Dr. Radakrishna (ex.president of India), Deviprasad Roy Choudry, Jamini Roy, Nandal Bose, KK Hebbar, MF Hussien, Panikar, Rashtra Kavi Kuvempu, Shivarama Karanth and many others.

During his travel across India he visited Ajanta, Ellora and many art museums and galleries to gain more knowledge and experience in the field.

During the same time he painted the rocks in Hanumanth Nagar, Bengaluru (inspired by his visit to Ajanta) 1967-73 – He served as an artist for a number of journals and newspapers.

[citation needed] 1977-1979 – He worked as an art director for Kannada movies "Banngarada Jinke", "Ninagagi Naanu", "Rajeshwari", "Chadurida Chitragalu" etc.

R. Ganesh in a performance – "Kavya Chitra" (a duet of poetry alongside painting) for 24 hours nonstop creating an all-time record.