Gared Luquet is a Knoxville-based muralist, the owner of My Wild Murals, and has been making art professionally for more than 20 years. Originally from Walnut Creek, California, his artistic career began at Pepperdine University, where he earned a scholarship to study painting under professors Joe Piasentin and Avery Falkner. After graduating, he returned to the Bay Area and joined The Hive studio, where he developed a diverse body of abstract work that was displayed at several solo exhibitions.

Focused on expanding his portfolio and experience, Luquet moved to Los Angeles and joined Keystone Art Space. Over the following decade, Luquet’s style evolved from abstract pieces to large-scale, realistic wildlife paintings with playful nods to traditional portraiture, blending surreal elements with classical compositions and often incorporating a subtle touch of irony. These large-scale acrylic works move beyond conventional wildlife art, using an anthropomorphic lens to highlight the emotional parallels shared between humans and animals in the modern world.

In 2023, when his spouse began a faculty position at the University of Tennessee, Luquet moved to Knoxville, Tennessee. The city’s rich history and strong emphasis on the arts and the region’s beautiful wildlife have since become a new source of inspiration. The move reignited his passion for creating large-scale murals and helped shape the vision behind My Wild Murals, where he now focuses on transforming local spaces into vibrant, nature-filled experiences for the community.