Louise Mulgrew
Brand · Paper goods
My business journey began with a visit to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust elephant orphanage in Nairobi whilst I was still at uni studying Illustration, back in 2012. I’d always been an animal lover and a crazy cat lady, but that trip was my inspiration to start painting animals for the very first time.
After finishing uni I moved back in with my parents and working from their spare room, I continued to grow my portfolio of animal illustrations which I sold at local markets. It took me a year or so after uni to start to develop my own style, and at Spring Fair in 2016 I showed my first collection of cards, Furry Friends, which is still going strong today.
Since then, our team has grown to my lucky number (seven), we supply hundreds of small and larger shops around the UK and beyond, and with your help, we have donated more than £100,000 to wildlife charities that protect and revive the natural world from which I draw so much inspiration.
