In the past Pavlova has worked in various artistic mediums and forms of expression such as printmaking, illustration, ceramics, icons and oil painting.
A widely documented controversy [5][6][7] surrounding the label occurred when Anelia Pavlova was asked to cover the bare breasts of the Semillon lady.
[3] A number of her monoprints take their beginning from the art of the Old European Masters, and can be seen as re-interpretations of the same subject in the medium of the graphic art – "In the graphic cycle "Memories of Old Holland" the artist "quotes" and paraphrases elements of the works of the old [Dutch] Masters ... but the idea of A. Pavlova is not to create an adequate reproduction of masterpieces from the past ...
During the period of 2000 to 2008 she made a number of exhibitions with Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery in Sydney, Australia[11] (e.g. “Anelia Pavlova – Garden of Virtues”, Australian Art Review [12]), each of which has a descriptive title.
As with her prints, her paintings take inspiration from the Old European Masters,[2][13] though no longer as re-interpretations but as a general, ideal influence ("the older culture comes built into my personality" [13]).
To this influence is added inspiration from classical music (paintings by Sylvius Leopold Weiss and Joseph Haydn) spanning all major historical periods, from the Renaissance and Baroque to Modern and Contemporary.
Her paintings have been described as "images with shimmering and luxuriant surfaces evoking the rich and sumptuous art of the late medieval period.