About Mike McMonagle: Artist & Illustrator

Discover original art, limited edition prints, and custom pet portraits by the Scottish artist Mike McMonagle, based in Argyll & Loch Lomond.

Following a long and successful career in Advertising and Branding Agencies in London, where I started as a commercial artist, rising to senior positions within the industry. A publishing client, impressed by our work on modernising, streamlining and rebranding a range of business periodicals, offered me a position that became a consultancy role covering military, sports and financial titles.

In 2016 I was diagnosed with cancer and, despite my love of London and my Buckinghamshire home, I decided I didn’t want to end my days outside of my beloved Scottish homeland. So, we got seriously minimalist, packed our belongings in a small van and headed to the beautiful west coast of Scotland. I had the op, got a dog, started walking the local hills around Loch Lomond and Arrochar and forgot the dying part.

Commission a Custom Pet Portrait

I found I passed my convalescence reading and drawing. Doodles became detailed works. People asked me to draw their dogs. I closed the laptop and bought a drawing board and far too much art equipment. I was drawing some friendly commissions and largely drawing whatever took my fancy. The ideas have since started flowing and I have decided to share the works as both originals and limited edition prints.

The store is being built and probably will always be in a state of flux as new items are completed and uploaded (and because that’s my nature), but please browse my limited edition art prints or discover how to order a custom pet portrait and see what I have been up to and feel free to communicate – I am good at that!