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Bonifacio
Mural Artist in Bonifacio
In Bonifacio, Giulia Dal Bon paints murals with a brush, in villas, flats, hotels, restaurants and on terraces. Trained at the Brera Academy, she paints on site, from 150 € per square metre. Free quote within 48 hours, two sketches included: you approve the design before Giulia paints.
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The price of a mural in Bonifacio
| Simple motif or line drawingFine lines for flowers, patterns, silhouettes or figures… | 150 €/sqm |
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| Fully painted subjectColours and shadows for landscapes, portraits or scenes… | 250 €/sqm |
| Trompe-l’oeil or ceilingThe wall opens onto a false window, a sky on the ceiling or an entire landscape… | 350 €/sqm |
| Exterior facade: if needed, scaffolding is added to the quote. | |
Free quote within 48h
The price is based on the surface and the technique; the quote then takes into account interior or exterior, the condition of the wall, the height, scaffolding if needed and the timing.
Where to start?
When you contact me about a mural in Bonifacio, here is what happens next.
A photo of the wall with the sketch
Send me a photo of the wall and I draw a sketch straight onto your photo. You tell me what you think. The first two sketches are free.
The quote
Once the sketch is approved, I send you the quote and we set the date together.
I paint the wall
I come and paint at your place in Bonifacio, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals in Bonifacio
Bonifacio is the first Genoese stronghold built in Corsica, at the end of the twelfth century: an upper town packed onto its white limestone cliffs, with narrow houses dropping sheer to the sea. The rooms are vertical, the walls tall, the light comes in from the open water: walls made to be lived in with care. Giulia travels easily to paint: you send her a photo of the wall and she draws the sketch straight onto it, then you shape the idea together.
What Giulia brings to Bonifacio. Bonifacio is a town built vertically above the sea, with tall walls and narrow rooms that call for decoration designed just for them. Giulia paints by brush and made to measure, on the wall of a home, a hotel or a boutique. She loves how this town holds on to its walls. Giulia is a painter, trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. She exhibits her paintings in art galleries and also paints on walls. Corriere della Sera, Domus and Sky Arte have written about her work, and her mural of over twenty metres dedicated to Gaber and Jannacci can be seen in Milan. The wall is her favourite canvas because it truly becomes part of a place, a unique work made to tell your story.
Giulia also paints live at weddings: she sets up her easel during the cocktail hour and the painting stays with the couple. From 950 €, see live wedding painting in Provence.
What Giulia brings to Bonifacio
The church of Saint-Dominique was begun at the end of the thirteenth century and completed in 1343, in white Bonifacio limestone: it is the only building in Corsica designed from the outset entirely in the Gothic style. Above the harbour, the Bastion de l’Étendard, built in the thirteenth century and reshaped by Pisa, Genoa and then France, rises 25 metres above the water, the highest bastion in France. And the King of Aragon’s staircase drops down the cliff in 187 steps cut into the rock.
Bonifacio is therefore a town carved out of its own stone, where every wall is already a mason’s work. Giulia Dal Bon paints there with a brush, in the houses of the upper town, the hotels and restaurants of the marina, the villas of Sperone and Santa Manza, using odourless acrylic indoors and quartz paint with an anti-salt varnish on facades exposed to the wind of the strait. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48 hours.
In Bonifacio, Giulia also paints live in front of an audience: a seaside wedding, a summer evening or a birthday. The canvas starts blank and ends signed, ready to hang. From 950 € for a wedding, from 400 € for a performance. See live painting →
Your questions, before commissioning
A photo of the wall, its approximate dimensions and the idea you have in mind are enough to receive a quote.
How much does a mural cost in Bonifacio?
Giulia Dal Bon paints by the square metre: 150 € for a line drawing or a simple motif, 250 € for a fully painted subject, 350 € for trompe-l’oeil or a ceiling. A small mural in a bedroom costs less than a facade that needs preparation and scaffolding. The quote is free: see all prices.
How do I get a mural painted in my home in Bonifacio?
Write to Giulia Dal Bon on WhatsApp or by email, even if the idea is still vague: she replies within 48 hours. Send her a photo of the wall to be painted, she draws a sketch straight onto your photo, you tell her what you think, and the first two sketches are free. Once the sketch is approved, she sends you the quote, from 150 € per sqm in Bonifacio, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in Bonifacio, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
What does the price of a mural in Bonifacio include?
Giulia Dal Bon’s price per square metre includes the paint and materials, the first two sketches and the protective varnish as a finish. While she paints, you tell her what you think, and she adjusts. Added to the quote, when needed, are the scaffolding for a facade and travel costs, agreed together. The quote is free and arrives within 48 hours; a deposit of about 100 € for materials confirms the date, and the balance is settled at the end.
I’d like a mural or a painting on a wall of my home in Bonifacio, who should I contact?
Giulia Dal Bon, a painter trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. She paints murals by brush in homes, bedrooms, bathrooms, on terraces, pool walls and facades, and travels in Bonifacio as she does across Europe. Send her a photo of the wall, its approximate dimensions and your idea, however loose: she replies within 48 hours with a quote and a first proposal. The first two sketches are free. The questions to ask before entrusting a wall in Bonifacio are gathered in the guide Who to hire to have a wall painted.
Can I see a design before commissioning the mural?
Always. You receive a sketch set on a photo of your own wall, to scale, together with the quote. The first two sketches are free: Giulia shows the work in progress, you give your opinion, and she adjusts. You confirm when you are ready.
Will a mural damage the wall?
The paint goes onto the plaster already in place. In most cases a dusting down is all that is needed before starting. If the surface has cracks or rising damp, Giulia points it out before quoting and proposes the preparation required. Indoors she uses an odourless acrylic: a child’s bedroom in use or a restaurant that stays open can both be painted. An acrylic mural can later be painted over like any wall paint, if you change your mind in ten years.
When is the best time to paint a mural in Bonifacio?
All year round. Indoors the odourless acrylic lets the room stay in use while she works, in January as in July. Outdoors she needs a dry wall and a mild temperature. Giulia sets the date with you when she quotes, within 48 hours, and gives plenty of notice if the schedule moves. Indoors can be painted even in winter, thanks to the odourless acrylic that keeps the room liveable.
Can a view of Bonifacio be painted on a wall?
Yes. Three or four landmarks are enough to recognise it. The upper town overhanging its white limestone cliffs, the narrow houses at the edge of the drop, the inlet and the boats far below. Giulia Dal Bon works with a brush, on the wall itself. A line-drawn view is 150 € per sqm, the same view fully painted from 250 €. Free quote within 48 hours.
What subject works well for a mural in Bonifacio?
In the vertical houses of the upper town and the addresses of the marina, a marine motif, a cliff landscape or a trompe l’oeil opening the wall onto the open sea sit well with the local light. Everything is painted with a brush, in odourless acrylic. The first two sketches are free and mounted on a photo of your wall: you choose the subject seeing it already in place.
What is the difference between a hand-painted mural and spray-painted graffiti?
They are two different crafts. A graffiti artist works with spray cans, with a fast gesture and a graphic finish. A brush-painted mural is built layer by layer, which allows gradients, fine detail and trompe l’oeil: it is a painting made directly on the wall. Indoors, Giulia uses odourless acrylic. And while she paints, people take the time to watch: a brush at work is a show in itself. The choice depends on the finish you are after.
What do you call an artist who paints on walls?
The craft is called mural painting, and the person who practises it is a muralist, a mural artist or a decorative painter. Giulia Dal Bon comes from the brush rather than the spray can: trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, she exhibits her paintings in art galleries and paints by hand, in Bonifacio as elsewhere in Europe. For a mural in Bonifacio, a photo of the wall is enough to begin, and the quote arrives within 48 hours.
Does a mural hold up outdoors in Bonifacio?
Yes, with proper surface preparation and quartz paint, made for exterior walls. In Bonifacio the wind and the salt spray on the cliffs call for care: for exposed walls an anti-salt varnish, made for the seaside, is added. Giulia paints outdoors all year round, on a dry wall and in mild weather: she checks the forecast with you and sets the date.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Bonifacio?
An interior wall can be painted freely. For a facade visible from the street you generally need the owner’s or the building’s agreement, and a prior declaration to the town hall: the upper town is a protected site. Giulia sets out the steps before starting.
How long does it take to paint a mural?
It depends on the surface, the level of detail and how easy the wall is to reach. Giulia gives the timing with the quote, within 48 hours, and gives plenty of notice if the schedule moves. The place keeps running while she works: the acrylic is odourless.
How long does a mural last?
Painted in acrylic by Giulia Dal Bon, a mural lasts a lifetime indoors: the paint becomes part of the plaster and lives as long as the wall. Outdoors, quartz paint is made for facades, and an anti-salt or anti-pollution varnish extends it further. And if one day you want a change, it can be painted over like any wall paint.
Other spaces
The other places Giulia paints, her portfolio and the towns nearby.
Homes and villas
A bedroom, a hallway, a staircase: the walls you look at every day.
A mural for your home
Restaurants, hotels, and boutiques
A painted wall gives the room its character, and the place stays open while she works.
A mural for your restaurant
Other cities
From Bonifacio, the mural can open toward these places.
Corsica · Porto-Vecchio · Ajaccio · Milan · Forte dei Marmi
The mural of over 20 metres for Gaber and Jannacci, in Milan, in the press
Giulia Dal Bon, trained at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan.
Where Giulia works in Bonifacio
In Bonifacio, in a house, a villa, a second home or a flat, Giulia paints on an interior wall : the living room, the children’s bedroom and the bedroom. She also paints the kitchen, the bathroom, the entrance, the hallway and the stairwell. A ceiling asks for more work, and she paints it gladly. On the exterior facade, quartz paint takes over from acrylic: it is made for facades. She also paints on a mobile panel, when the wall belongs to someone else.
In a restaurant, a pizzeria, a trattoria, a café or a bar in Bonifacio, she paints the dining-room wall, and service carries on while she works. In a boutique and a shop, the painted window is seen from the street, and the shutter stays painted after closing. In a hotel and a B&B, she paints reception, the stairwell and the bedrooms. In a hair salon and a spa, she paints the treatment-room walls and the reception area. In a medical practice and a waiting room, she paints the reception wall and the corridor. For an office and a showroom, she paints reception, the corridor and the meeting room.
In Upper town, marina, Bosco, Saint-Julien and Santa Manza, you send her a photo of the wall and she draws the sketch straight onto it, then you shape the idea together.
The subject comes from you. Giulia draws a landscape, a floral or botanical motif, a painted sky on a ceiling, a perspective trompe-l’oeil. She paints figures and animals, letters signs and lettering by hand, and reproduces a work you love.
Possible subjects in Bonifacio: the inlet and the boats far below, the upper town overhanging its white limestone cliffs, the narrow houses at the edge of the drop. A trompe-l’oeil window, a botanical motif and a painted sky work just as well.
Very different words lead to the same search: mural, wall mural, artistic painting on a wall, wall decoration, mural decoration, decorative painting. Trompe-l’oeil is one form of it, a hand-painted wall and a drawing on a wall are others, and some look for a painting made directly on the wall. Behind those words, one craft in Bonifacio: mural artist, muralist, wall artist, decorative painter.
Bonifacio, the first Genoese stronghold in Corsica at the end of the twelfth century, keeps its tall houses packed onto white limestone cliffs.
Giulia also travels to Zonza, Algajola, Aléria, Cargèse, Centuri, Corte, Erbalunga and Ghisonaccia.
Where the mural can find its place
- For an apartment or a house, Giulia paints the living room, the bedroom, the hallway, the entrance and the ceiling. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48h.
- For a restaurant, a trattoria, a shop or an office, Giulia paints the dining room wall, the shop window, the sign and the reception. Free quote within 48h.
- Giulia also travels to Porto-Vecchio, Sartène, Ajaccio and Bastia.