STUDIO SATHYA
My becoming an artist was sheer chance. I am a dietician turned painter. Looking back at my life I feel like the Universe was preparing me for who I am today. Over the years I have come to realize that it must have been the soul’s agenda that guided me, for I had no idea I would become a painter. At the age of 6, my mother enrolled me into South Indian Carnatic Veena and Vocal music classes. Later when I came to the US I studied Hindustani Classical Sitar and South Indian Carnatic music. I was also studying painting and Sculpture at the University of Michigan for almost 8 years. Even though cooking is my first passion, over the years painting has slowly taken over.
Though I do not claim to be a music scholar, somehow music comes naturally to me and it has become the primary source of inspiration for all of my paintings. My affinity for Music and my passion for creating something in color has become my soul’s agenda.
My 25 years of Sri Vidya studies, some mysteries of Color and Sound were uncovered to me. I discovered that the sound vibrations emitted by the 7 musical notes, 7 colors of light all exist in the Universe as vibration. The 7 chakras in the human body are designed to harness this vibrational Energy.
According to Sri Vidya the mind has a “ Desire” which becomes a” Sound Vibration”. And this sound vibration of “Desire” travels from its embryonic stage to its manifestation Stage.
The Yogic terms for the Journey of the Sound Vibrations is Para,, Pashyanthi Madhyma and Vaikari and final stage of manifestation.
I wanted to use the same rules used in music composing my paintings. Choosing my colors. And create paintings that make sense. From my knowledge in the 3 disciplines Color, Music and Yoga I have tried to put together a mathematical color pallet . Now I have to see if this will work. So I find the notion of presenting “RAGAS” visually will be a good challenge.
Now it has become my SOUL”S quest to find ways of presenting the Indian RAGAS “ Visually”
Sathya Krishnappa
Freeing the Spirit to create what ever the spirit wants Weather Inspired by realistic representational or symbolic Forms.
Sathya Krishnappa
Not the Static but the Dynamic Human body. The components of the Vibrational Energy System that propels the Body. Like Deepak Chopra says “The Human body a verb not a noun”.
Sathya Krishnappa
Presenting my daughter’s work in my site may seem improper for some but I feel if this website has all my creative work I think since she is my creation I feel it is quite important and relevant to showcase Prith’s work.
