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Gulf of Poets
Mural artist in the Gulf of Poets
In Gulf of Poets, 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 the Gulf of Poets
| 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 the Gulf of Poets, 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 the Gulf of Poets, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals in the Gulf of Poets
The Gulf of Poets gathers Lerici, Portovenere, San Terenzo and the coastal villages, known for their coloured houses packed at the water’s edge. Colour is part of the identity here, and a mural has to agree with it. Direct sea exposure: facades need regular upkeep and paint made for coastal use. A photo of the wall and its measurements are all it takes to begin: Giulia draws the sketch on it, then comes to paint on site.
What Giulia brings to the Gulf of Poets. 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 Portofino and Liguria.
What Giulia brings to Gulf of Poets
The Gulf of La Spezia is called the Gulf of Poets for the writers who lived there. Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley lived at Villa Magni, in San Terenzo, and on 8 July 1822 the poet died at sea, caught by a storm on his way back to the villa. In Portovenere the Arpaia grotto took Byron’s name, after the legend of his swim across to Lerici; the scholar Carla Sanguineti has established that Byron only stopped in Lerici, held there by a high fever on his way to Greece.
Lerici, San Terenzo, Tellaro, Portovenere: coloured houses dropping straight into the water, their facades painted for centuries to withstand the salt and be recognised from the sea. Giulia Dal Bon paints there with a brush, in the houses, flats, hotels and restaurants of the gulf, using quartz paint and anti-salt varnish outdoors, odourless acrylic colours indoors. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48 hours.
Giulia also paints live in the Gulf of Poets. For a seaside wedding, a summer evening or a birthday, 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. 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 the Gulf of Poets?
Giulia Dal Bon’s price is per 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 the Gulf of Poets?
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 the Gulf of Poets, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in the Gulf of Poets, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
What does the price of a mural in the Gulf of Poets include?
The square-metre price Giulia Dal Bon quotes includes the paint and materials, the first two sketches, corrections during the work and the protective varnish as a finish. 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.
Can I see the design before saying yes?
Yes. Before any agreement, Giulia shows you the sketch on a photo of your wall, with a detailed price. Two free sketches are proposed to you before you confirm, and she adjusts them with you.
What kind of mural works well in the Gulf of Poets?
In Gulf of Poets, colourful designs, in keeping with the houses of Lerici and Portovenere. Everything is painted with a brush, in odourless acrylic.
Does it damage the wall?
The wall stays intact. Acrylic bonds to a painted or plastered wall, which keeps its finish and needs only a light preparation. And if you change your mind in ten years, a roller of paint covers it.
Can a view of Gulf of Poets be painted on a wall?
Yes, and the subjects are right there in front of you. The coloured houses of Portovenere lined along the cliff, the black and white church on the point, the boats of Lerici and the Villa Magni where Shelley lived. Giulia Dal Bon draws them, then paints them, by hand. The line alone falls under 150 € per sqm, the painted version under 250 €. Free quote within 48 hours.
What subject works well for a mural in the Gulf of Poets?
The most requested subjects: floral and botanical work for bedrooms and living rooms, landscapes for living spaces and terraces, trompe l’oeil for facades and ceilings. Everything is drawn to measure: Giulia offers two free sketches from your idea, and you refine it together until the subject is yours.
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?
A mural artist, a muralist, a wall artist or a decorative painter, and the art itself is called mural painting or wall art. Some come from graffiti and work with spray cans; 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 the Gulf of Poets?
Yes, with surface preparation and paints made for outdoor use. Direct sea exposure. The gulf’s coloured facades need regular upkeep and paint made for coastal use.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in the Gulf of Poets?
An interior wall can be painted freely. For a facade visible from the street, you usually need the owner’s or the building association’s approval, and a notice to the town hall if the building is in a protected area. 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.
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
Ideas for spaces
The mural can be light, maritime, vegetal, narrative, or very restrained. What matters is the rightness of the gesture inside the room.
Houses and villas
Children’s rooms, kitchens, hallways, entrances, stairwells and ceilings. Example: a covered terrace wall of 8 sqm in a simple motif, around 1 200 €.
Hotels, restaurants and shops
Restaurants, cafes, shops, salons, showrooms, windows and commercial facades. A hand-painted mural belongs to this place alone, and it is what people remember about it. Example: a harbour restaurant room of 12 sqm fully painted, around 3 000 €.
Facades and exterior walls
Sea air attacks facades. Giulia applies a salt-blocking primer and a UV-resistant finish, so the colours keep their brightness. For a facade visible from the street, the owner’s or the building association’s approval is usually enough, plus a notice to the town hall in a protected zone. From 150 € per sqm, plus scaffolding if needed.
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 the Gulf of Poets
In Gulf of Poets, 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. The ceiling is painted too: that is the €350 per sqm band, with trompe-l’oeil. Outside, she switches to quartz paint on the exterior facade and the garden wall. A mobile panel is painted separately, and moves with you.
In a restaurant, a pizzeria, a café or a bar in the Gulf of Poets, she paints the dining-room wall, and the tables stay laid. For a boutique and a shop, she paints the window, the shutter and the back wall. In a hotel and a B&B, she paints reception, the stairwell and the bedrooms. In a hair salon, a spa and a gym, she paints the walls of the cabins and of the main room. In a medical practice, a waiting room and a nursery, she paints the wall you face while you wait. In an office and a showroom, she paints the wall you see on the way in, and the one at the far end. A cellar is painted as well, vault included.
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 the Gulf of Poets: the boats of Lerici and the Villa Magni where Shelley lived, the coloured houses of Portovenere lined along the cliff, the black and white church on the point. Alongside these, a trompe-l’oeil window, a botanical motif or a painted sky remain possible.
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 the Gulf of Poets, the craft is called mural artist, muralist, wall artist or decorative painter, and it is Giulia Dal Bon’s.
The Gulf of Poets lives on the sea and on literature: the coloured houses of Lerici and Portovenere, guesthouses, harbour restaurants.
Giulia also travels to Sarzana, Ameglia, Arcola, Vezzano Ligure, Castelnuovo Magra, Riomaggiore, Vernazza and Levanto.
Where the mural can find its place
- In a house, a flat or a villa, she paints the living room, the bedroom, the entrance, the staircase, the covered terrace and the exterior wall. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48h.
- In a guesthouse, a hotel, a harbour restaurant, a bar or a shop, Giulia paints the dining room wall, the shop window, the reception and the facade. Free quote within 48h.
- The mural can be light, maritime, vegetal, narrative, or very restrained