JEREMY PRICE MEET

The Mural Man

Jeremy Price is literally painting the town in Lake Charles, having created roughly 200 murals in total. His repertoire of artwork keeps growing, as does his popularity for commissions. A concentration of Jeremy’s murals is in downtown Lake Charles on buildings and inside businesses. Interestingly, he did not set out to become a muralist early on in his career.

“I’ve been drawing, mainly portraits, since I was a child, won a Smoothie King coloring contest and got free smoothies for a year when I was 8, so I knew it was my destiny. (Haha!) I earned a few bachelor’s degrees at McNeese, one being in fine arts concentrating in drawing, painting, and printmaking. I like feeling small and doing big things, because it’s the human experience, so I became a muralist without planning to,” Jeremy explained.

During the spring and summer months, Jeremy enjoys spending time with his son and friends, painting murals, going on bike rides, skateboarding, and spending time watching the clouds, smelling the rain, looking at the moon and the stars, playing music, and being outside.

Jeremy describes the arts community in Southwest Louisiana as being a plethora of creative talent in every art form that is “unique to our struggle or our blessing, either way it’s unique to our way of life.”

His favorite mural that he has created is “Breathe.” Jeremy reflects: “It’s God breathing creation into existence, without Him, the ultimate creator, there’s nothing. I’ve painted a few versions of it, and the one in Lake Charles can be seen at Lake and Giovanni. The Luna Bar & Grill mural in the Lake Charles’ area is my most expressive, and I think that the L’Auberge Casino Resort mural is the most meaningful for our community. I love them all though.”

Jeremy finds his inspiration from God, prayer, music, and anything and everything that finds him or that he is led to see. Some of his favorite artists are Caravaggio, Dali, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Vladimir Kush. He thinks that everyone visiting Southwest Louisiana should experience food, music, art, and the people who live here.

Favorite quote?

“Accept the things to which fate binds you and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.” - Marcus Aurelius

Favorite 3 local restaurants? Luna, Tony’s Pizza, Crying Eagle