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Cadaqués
Mural Artist in Cadaqués
In Cadaqués, 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 Cadaqués
| 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 Cadaqués, 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 Cadaqués, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals in Cadaqués
Cadaqués is a white village on the Costa Brava, with narrow stone lanes and lime-washed facades. Salvador Dalí chose the small bay of Portlligat, just nearby, for his house-studio, where he lived and worked for decades with Gala. In Cadaqués, Giulia paints the walls of village houses, villas and venues.
What Giulia brings to Cadaqués. Giulia paints in vivid colour, and colour is the first thing you see walking into a room she has painted. In a village where Dalí worked for decades at Portlligat, and where other painters came before and after him, she loves what those artists drew from this light before proposing a palette. Then she starts from the person: the mural comes out of talking with you. 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.
What Giulia brings to Cadaqués
In the church of Santa Maria, above the village, the baroque altarpiece by Pau Costa (Vic 1665 – Cadaqués 1727) measures roughly seventeen metres by twelve and fills the whole end wall. Costa carved it in the 1720s and died in the village; the gilding came only in 1788, when the community could afford it.
Cadaqués is therefore a village that waited sixty years to gild its finest wall, and gilded it anyway. Giulia Dal Bon paints there with a brush, in the white houses of the centre, the hotels, the restaurants and the villas of the bay, using odourless acrylic indoors and quartz paint with an anti-salt varnish on the seaward side. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48 hours.
Live painting is available in Cadaqués too. Giulia arrives with canvas and paints, works through a seaside wedding, a summer evening or a birthday, and the painting is yours at the end of the evening. 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 Cadaqués?
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 do I commission a mural in Cadaqués?
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 Cadaqués, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in Cadaqués, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
Does the price of a mural in Cadaqués include the materials?
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 Cadaqués, 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 Cadaqués 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.
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 Cadaqués?
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 Cadaqués be painted on a wall?
Yes, and it is a subject that sits well on a large wall. The white houses packed around the bay, the church on its rise, the boats drawn up on the pebbles and the olive trees of Cap de Creus. Giulia Dal Bon paints all of it with a brush. As a line drawing, the view falls under the 150 € per sqm rate; with colour and shadow, it starts at 250 € per sqm. Free quote within 48 hours.
What subject works well for a mural in Cadaqués?
In Cadaqués, the lime-washed houses lend themselves to Mediterranean botanical motifs, sea subjects or a restrained trompe l’oeil. Everything is painted with a brush, in odourless acrylic. For a mural in Cadaqués, the possible subjects, room by room, are gathered in the guide What subject to choose for a mural.
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 Cadaqués as elsewhere in Europe. For a mural in Cadaqués, a photo of the wall is enough to begin, and the quote arrives within 48 hours.
Does a mural hold up outdoors in Cadaqués?
Yes, with surface preparation and paints made for outdoor use. The tramontana wind and salt call for a well-prepared surface and a resistant finish.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Cadaqués?
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?
An acrylic mural by Giulia Dal Bon 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.
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 muralsThe 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 Cadaqués
In Cadaqués, she paints on an interior wall : the living room, the bedroom and the kitchen. She paints the bathroom, the entrance and the hallway just as readily. A ceiling is painted the same way, from the scaffold. Outdoors, she uses quartz paint on the exterior facade, with a protective varnish to finish. She also paints on a mobile panel, to carry the painting elsewhere.
The venues that welcome her in Cadaqués range from apartment to boutique, with hotel in between.
In the historic centre and Portlligat, a photo of the wall is enough to start: Giulia draws the sketch onto it, and your idea comes together with her.
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 Cadaqués: the boats drawn up on the pebbles and the olive trees of Cap de Creus, the white houses packed around the bay, the church on its rise. And always the trompe-l’oeil window, the botanical motif and the painted sky on a ceiling.
A mural is also called a wall mural, an artistic painting on a wall, a wall decoration. People say mural decoration, decorative painting, trompe-l’oeil, hand-painted wall, drawing on a wall, or a painting made directly on the wall: in every case someone paints the wall by hand, layer after layer. In Cadaqués, the craft is called mural artist, muralist, wall artist or decorative painter, and it is Giulia Dal Bon’s.
Salvador Dalí chose the bay of Portlligat, near Cadaqués, for his house-studio, where he lived and worked for decades.
Giulia also travels throughout Catalonia.
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 Catalonia.