Her visual journey is an exploration of lost moments, ideas, events and feelings from her collective memory. Her works have a mysterious, dreamlike and peaceful quality that is often translated into striking and bright colour palettes.

To trace the memories, she starts by applying thin coats of paint and adding strange figures and abstract elements. The painting gradually takes on faded forms and unexplained places that seem to be reliving the moment as the figures continue to explore. Making changes and thinking through each step of the process allows clear visualisation of the image.

They evoke the imagination of the audience, transporting them to their own past and bringing back fond memories and experiences.In Ananya's artwork, abstraction and figuration interact in a space that exists between the past and the present.