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Burano
Mural Artist in Burano
In Burano, Giulia Dal Bon paints murals with a brush, in villas, hotels, restaurants and beach clubs. 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 Burano
| 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
Surface and technique set the price; interior or exterior, the condition of the wall, the height, any scaffolding and the timing are then written into the quote.
Where to start?
When you contact me about a mural in Burano, 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 Burano, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals in Burano
In Burano, tradition has it that fishermen painted their houses in vivid colours so they could recognise them on foggy days and on returning at night. The island is also known for its lace, still made by hand with the punto in aria, known as Burano stitch, and the Lace School opened there in 1872 to revive a tradition already active in the sixteenth century. Giulia paints in Burano for island houses, venues and workshops.
What Giulia brings to Burano. A whole island where colour has a function: that is how Giulia thinks about painting, a colour chosen for what it does. She adds her hand to a tradition that is everywhere here, and defines each mural by talking with the person who lives or works there. 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 in Burano. For a wedding, a hotel evening or a private party, she sets up her easel and the painting takes shape in front of your guests, signed and taken home the same evening. From 950 € for a wedding, from 400 € for a performance. For a wedding, everything is on the live wedding painting in Venice page.
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 Burano?
The rate is per square metre: €150 for a line drawing or a simple motif, €250 for a fully painted subject, €350 for a trompe l’oeil or ceiling. The quote is free: see all prices.
How does it work to have a wall painted in Burano?
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 Burano, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in Burano, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
What does a mural quote in Burano cover?
The square-metre price Giulia Dal Bon quotes 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 Burano, 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 Burano 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 guide Who to hire to have a wall painted helps you prepare your request for a wall in Burano.
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 Burano?
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.
Can a view of Burano be painted on a wall?
Yes, and it is a subject that sits well on a large wall. The brightly painted houses the fishermen recognised in the fog, the leaning bell tower of San Martino and the canals between the rows of facades. Giulia Dal Bon paints it with a brush, on site. The rate follows the technique: 150 € per sqm for a line drawing, 250 € for a fully painted view. Free quote within 48 hours.
What subject works well for a mural in Burano?
In Burano, the island houses lend themselves to botanical motifs, sea subjects or decoration in vivid colour. Everything is painted with a brush, in odourless acrylic.
What is the difference between a hand-painted mural and spray-painted graffiti?
A graffiti artist works with spray cans, and the line is fast and graphic. Giulia Dal Bon paints with a brush: the layers go on one after another, which allows gradients, fine detail and trompe l’oeil. A mural in Burano becomes a painting made directly on the wall, by hand. While she works, people take the time to watch and take photos.
What do you call an artist who paints on walls?
A mural artist, a muralist, a wall artist or a decorative painter, and the art itself is called mural painting or wall art. Giulia Dal Bon comes from painting: trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, she exhibits her paintings in art galleries and paints commissioned murals with a brush. To have one painted, send her a photo of your wall: free quote within 48 hours.
Does a mural hold up outdoors in Burano?
Yes, with surface preparation and paints made for outdoor use. Lagoon damp and salt call for a treated surface and quartz paint.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Burano?
An interior wall can be painted freely. For a facade visible from the street, you generally need the owner’s or building association’s agreement, and a notice to the municipality if the building sits in a protected zone: many buildings in the historic centre are protected. Giulia explains the process 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?
The murals Giulia Dal Bon paints last 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.
Home and villa murals
Restaurants, hotels and boutiques
A painted wall gives the room its character, and the place stays open while she works.
Restaurant and café murals
Facades and exteriors
For exterior walls and facades in the historic centre.
Facade and exterior muralsOther cities
Giulia also works in these other European cities.
Florence · Venice · Forte dei Marmi · Amalfi
All the cities
Giulia also travels to Mazzorbo, Torcello, Murano, Sant’Erasmo, le Lido, Pellestrina and la Giudecca.
The 20-metre-plus wall 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 Burano
In Burano, Giulia paints on an interior wall : the living room, the bedroom and the kitchen. She also paints the bathroom, the entrance and the hallway. The ceiling is painted too: that is the €350 per sqm band, with trompe-l’oeil. Outside, on the exterior facade, she works in quartz paint. A mobile panel is painted separately, and moves with you.
The venues that welcome her in Burano range from apartment to boutique, with hotel in between.
In Burano island and Mazzorbo, you send her a photo of the wall and she draws the sketch straight onto it, then you shape the idea together.
The subject is decided together. A landscape opens up the far end of a room, a floral or botanical motif runs along a wall, a painted sky fills a ceiling, a perspective trompe-l’oeil draws a window on a solid wall. Giulia also paints figures, animals, lettering, painted signs, and reproduces an existing work when you ask her to.
Possible subjects in Burano: the leaning bell tower of San Martino and the canals between the rows of facades, the brightly painted houses the fishermen recognised in the fog. Alongside these, a trompe-l’oeil window, a botanical motif or a painted sky remain possible.
People ask for different things and mean the same one: a mural, a wall mural, an artistic painting on a wall. Others say wall decoration, decorative painting, mural decoration. Others again a trompe-l’oeil, a hand-painted wall, a drawing on a wall, or a painting made directly on the wall. It is one craft, that of a mural artist, a muralist, a decorative painter, and Giulia does it with a brush in Burano.
In Burano the Lace School opened in 1872, and tradition has it that fishermen painted their houses to recognise them in the fog.
Giulia also travels throughout the Venetian lagoon.
Where the mural can find its place
- In a period apartment, Giulia paints the living room, the bedroom, the entrance and the ceiling. From €150 per m², free quote within 48h.
- In a hotel or a boutique, Giulia paints the reception wall, the storefront and the lounge. Free quote within 48h.
- Giulia also travels throughout the Venetian lagoon.