White Camellia at Night is part of a new collection of pieces from my Nocturnal Series, exploring nature in urban settings in an age of 24 hour cities. White Camellia at Night is a study on natural life in the darkness, in particular in a city where light pollution and dense populations means we rarely ever experience a true absence of light. I studied the camellias in my neighbourhood to see how they emerged from the dark surroundings like miniature sculptures against dense foliage, reflecting brightly under street lighting even late at night. I experimented with combinations of crimson and vert de gris pigments through this piece, both to form the shadows and definition in the flower, and to create the depth and fullness of the background. The piece is finished with a black wooden frame, ready to hang.

Dom Holmes

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Dom Holmes is a Queer British Painter and visual artist working and residing in East London. Their work is regularly exhibited across the UK and Europe, and can be found in private and public collections worldwide. Dom’s work reflects an ongoing fascination with the human connection to nature within an urban environment. Their large-scale paintings depict botanical life found in city settings - in particular those found in community planters, public parks, window boxes, households and urban gardenscapes - exploring the value of nature within local communities, and the relevance of seasonal wildlife at the intersection of late-stage capitalism, individualism and climate crisis. With a highly successful career as an internationally renowned tattooer, social historian and mixed-media artist dating back to 2002, Dom’s principal oil painting practice evolved from a period of self-directed study beginning in 2017. Their experiences with counter-culture and non-traditional art forms has shaped their painting work and the ways in which they connect their art with the world around them, drawing inspiration from the under-represented and overlooked. They work in traditional oil painting methods, using minimal materials, specifically using glazes and colour theory to build depth, darkness and intensity of colour with the fewest pigments possible, establishing an environmentally conscious approach to their practice. Their intentional painting technique uses detailed underpaintings, elaborated with multiple layers of glazes to bring the piece to life, with each piece taking weeks to complete. Dom’s works have been shown in notable galleries, exhibitions and fairs worldwide, including Mall Galleries, Free Painters and Sculptors, Tarpey Gallery, Stolen Space, Swanfall Art, The Other Art Fair and Queer Britain. They were Artist in Residence with WOLF Jaipur in Jan-Feb 2026.