Cape Town-based artistSasha Hartsliefdoesn’t have to travel far to find creative inspiration.

The key to setting the mood in her paintings lies in the light.

Many of her works feature bold, expressive brushstrokes and a palette of muted colors.

Atmospheric Indoor Oil Paintings by Sasha Hartslief

This slightlyImpressioniststyle serves to capture the ephemerality of a specific moment or mood.

I am drawn to painting the light at lost and forgotten parts of the day, Hartslief explains.

Cape Town-based artist Sasha Hartslief creates atmospheric oil paintings of rooms in the house.

Atmospheric Indoor Oil Paintings by Sasha Hartslief

She uses thealla primamethod to capture interiors with expressive brushstrokes and muted colors.

Atmospheric Indoor Oil Paintings by Sasha Hartslief

Atmospheric Indoor Oil Paintings by Sasha Hartslief

Atmospheric Indoor Oil Paintings by Sasha Hartslief

Atmospheric Indoor Oil Paintings by Sasha Hartslief

Atmospheric Indoor Oil Paintings by Sasha Hartslief

Atmospheric Indoor Oil Paintings by Sasha Hartslief

Atmospheric Indoor Oil Paintings by Sasha Hartslief

Atmospheric Indoor Oil Paintings by Sasha Hartslief

Atmospheric Indoor Oil Paintings by Sasha Hartslief

Atmospheric Indoor Oil Paintings by Sasha Hartslief

Atmospheric Indoor Oil Paintings by Sasha Hartslief

Atmospheric Indoor Oil Paintings by Sasha Hartslief

Atmospheric Indoor Oil Paintings by Sasha Hartslief