" In painting from her earlier attempts at portraiture, she graduated to landscapes and eventually took to exploring the dance theme in which she has achieved a fusion of the performing and visual arts. She seeks to capture the rythm and movement of dance, laying colours with painting knife in an exhuberance to delineate near abstract forms full of movement that permeate the whole canvas.."

- P N Mago in India Perspectives

"Easy lies the head that wears the crown. That is if the person wearing the crown is Komala Varadan. ...The term versatile pales before Komala Varadan the dancer, painter, photographer and writer. Many people have multiple interests and talents, but few are able to pursue all of them simultaneously and in a manner as to gain world recognition. She exemplifies the way a classical dancer has to accomplish several tasks simultaneously."

- Anjana Rajan reviewing Komala's exhibition of Photographs organized by IGNCA in Delhi