Tolmeia Gregory

🫥 Starting To Feel Numb 🔥 ✏️ 13•01•25 by me. 🧠 I think this is the best way to explain how I feel when people ask me, “How does it make you feel?” in response to watching yet another catastrophe unfold. I don’t think I can go fully into the depths of the grief, fear and anger that I feel because my future feels all too real now. I think it’s okay to freeze a little sometimes, as long as you’re acknowledging that it’s there, beneath the surface. As long as you acknowledge what a privilege it is to turn away from it for a while. These comics are always from my very personal perspective. Of course, my heart and mind are with those dealing with the direct impacts of decades of fossil fuel-induced recklessness. 🆘 Find ways to help at @mutualaidla #Wildfires #ClimateAnxiety #ClimateArt #EcoAnxiety

2️⃣4️⃣ Leaving 2024 with the thought that literally every single % of a degree of warming matters - it matters because it is lives lived, days enjoyed, people loved, sports won, paintings painted, seas swam, trees hugged, meals eaten, smiles smiled, babies born, laughter given. I am extremely grateful to have experienced many of these things in 2024. So, here’s a moment to reflect on all of the things that make life worth fighting for: 🌼 The flowers out in full bloom in the local park. 💉 Tattoo #1 in Paris. 🤝 Tiny moments with @theoriginaljake 🏆 A surprise delivery from my team after we won a @shortyawards 📦 Making a home together. 🎤 Hosting events and seeing the impact of our work at @clean_creatives 🏃 Watching @theoriginaljake prepare, commit to and complete a marathon was very special. 🚆 Making my way to Cannes for the 3rd year running. 🪪 We made it to the big time at @cannes_lions! 🇧🇪 Exploring Europe with my favourite travel partner. 🌲 Witnessing the beauty of nature. 🛶 A moment of calm and serenity. ☀️ Sunshine. Always sunshine. 🇫🇷 Endlessly grateful for the opportunity to escape to places of immense beauty. 🍝 Heavenly food made of plants after almost 4 years vegan 🌱 🌊 The sea breeze in Cassis. 💉 Another tattoo, this time in honour of friendship. All of this is what makes it all worth not giving up on, even when the news seems bleak. See you in the New Year! 👋 #2024 #YearInReview

😌 Some things that have made me feel grateful recently 👉 (🔗 This risograph print is now available on my shop at the link in bio!) 🪧 People who show up for people and planet ❤️ Having a partner who shows up alongside me 📄 Words and art that keep me grounded 🍁 The colours changing with the seasons Spending my weekends alongside others who care to make the world a better place helps me not to forget how many people are in this with me 🫶 💭 What do you have gratitude for? #art #autumn #gratitude

📦 Unwrap my new risograph prints with me! 🔗 Link in my bio if you’d like one for yourself (or to gift to a friend who needs it!) as a reminder that we need to feel all the big feelings in order to get through the darker times ☁️ These are both A4 prints, illustrated by me on the topic of hope and staying hopeful, now available on my shop. 🌿 Plants don’t grow without rain - hope can’t bloom without tears. 💚 I’m starting to think gratitude for all that exists will see me through. Which is your favourite? #asmr #unboxing #risograph #shopsmall

🪩🌿 Giving the @brianjordanalvarez marketing tactic a go to let you know that I have new riso prints up on my shop! These prints are reminders to lean in to our big feelings when the world feels heavy. 🔗 Link in my bio to grab yourself or a friend one! Thank you for supporting my work (and my attempts at working the algorithm). I hope you like them 🎨 Printed on recycled paper by @risottostudio in Glasgow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #Artists #Risograph #ShopSmall

📝🌧️ Some recent thoughts on hope and staying hopeful. Prints? 👀 1 - Plants don’t grow without rain - hope can’t bloom without tears. 2 - I’m starting to think gratitude for all that exists will see me through. #Sketchbook #Sketches #Illustration #Hope #Artist #Gratitude

🖼️ Some more from my postcard explorations (see more in previous Reel). Currently on display at @sixteengallery* alongside the vintage postcards a group designed during my recent workshop in the gallery space. Watching the news at the moment makes this piece so much more poignant so I wanted it to live on my grid ❤️‍🩹 #SixteenGallery #ArtGallery #Postcards #Paintings #Memories

🖼️ There’s an exclusive 1/1 painting by me in @sixteengallery with some of the proceeds of the artworks going to local charities such as @chelt.refugees! It was a lot of fun to bring my postcards to the @cheltfestivals Literature Festival this weekend and explore this idea a bit further. It’s certainly got me thinking of how to make it bigger and better than before. I hope you’re enjoying seeing this exploration of work 🥰 #SixteenGallery #Cheltenham #ArtGallery #Postcards #Travel #CheltLitFest #Painting #Artist #ClimateArt