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Liguria
Mural artist in Liguria
In Liguria, Giulia Dal Bon paints murals with a brush, in houses, villas, hotels, restaurants and shops. 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 Liguria
| 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 shaped for Liguria, 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 shaped for Liguria, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals shaped for Liguria
In Liguria, painting facades is a tradition going back to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: houses packed along the carrugi left little room for carved ornament, so windows, shutters and mouldings were painted in trompe-l’oeil, so the facades could be seen from the sea. Camogli holds the densest concentration of them. Liguria is a narrow strip between sea and mountain, where houses are tall, packed together and often built on the slope. The region has a long tradition of trompe-l’oeil painted facades, windows and cornices included, so clients here know what wall painting is. Salt and damp call for careful preparation before any colour. To start, a photo of the wall and its measurements are enough: Giulia draws the sketch straight onto it, then comes to paint on site.
What Giulia brings to Liguria. 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 in the area: the canvas advances during the cocktail hour and stays with the couple at the end. See live wedding painting.
Live painting is available in Liguria too. Giulia arrives with canvas and paints, works through a wedding, a concert or a company evening, and the painting is yours at the end of the evening. From 950 € for a wedding, from 900 € for a company evening, from 400 € for a performance at a concert. See live painting →
Liguria through movement and texture
Here, a mural is discovered while walking, among stairs, turns, and walls that already have a strong material presence.
Houses and villas
Living rooms, bedrooms, entrances, verandas, ceilings and garden walls. Example: a living room wall of 10 sqm fully painted, around 2 500 €.
Hotels, restaurants and shops
Hotels, restaurants, bars, shops, spas, building lobbies and waiting rooms. A hand-painted mural belongs to this place alone, and it is what people remember about it. Example: a shop facade of 20 sqm in a simple motif, around 3 000 €.
Facades and exterior walls
Damp draws up saltpetre. The surface needs treatment before any painting, then quartz paint, made for facades. 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.
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 Liguria?
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 does it work to have a wall painted shaped for Liguria?
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 shaped for Liguria, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place shaped for Liguria, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
What does a mural quote shaped for Liguria cover?
With Giulia Dal Bon, the price per square metre 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.
What kind of mural works well in Liguria?
In Liguria, trompe-l’oeil facades, windows and cornices included, because the region has a long tradition of them. Everything is painted with a brush, in odourless acrylic.
Does it damage the wall?
The paint goes onto the plaster already in place. Dusting it down is usually enough. If the surface has cracks or rising damp, Giulia flags it before quoting.
Can I see the design before saying yes?
Always. You get a sketch mounted on the photo of your wall, to scale, with the quote. You confirm whenever you are ready, and she adjusts the design with you.
What subject works well for a mural in Liguria?
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 Liguria?
Yes, with surface preparation and paints made for outdoor use. Liguria has a long tradition of painted facades. Exterior work needs careful preparation against salt and damp.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Liguria?
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?
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
At home, Giulia paints the living room, a bedroom, the entrance or the staircase. Made to measure, from 150 € per sqm.
Home and villa murals
Hotels, restaurants, and boutiques
In a hotel or a boutique, she paints reception, the bedrooms and the shop window. From 150 to 350 € per sqm depending on the technique.
Hotel and boutique murals
Ideas for spaces
The mural can be floral, vegetal, maritime, narrative, or more restrained. What matters most is the relationship between painting, surface, and the way the place is lived.
Homes and villas
Village houses, sea-facing apartments, entryways, staircases, and rooms where color can make the wall feel warmer and more alive.
Hotels, restaurants, and boutiques
Restaurants, small hotels, boutiques, and places that want atmosphere while keeping the honesty of the material and the light.
A mural made for this place
Ventimiglia and Bordighera
On the Ligurian Riviera, Giulia also paints in Ventimiglia and Bordighera, and each town has its own page.
Ventimiglia
In Ventimiglia, Giulia paints facades, passages, homes and small guesthouses in the old town and along the seafront.
Bordighera
In Bordighera, she paints homes, hotels and bedrooms, with the town’s palms and gardens as subjects.
One continuous coast
From Ventimiglia to Bordighera, Giulia draws the sketch on the photo of your wall, and the quote arrives within 48 hours.
Nearby towns
A few places directly connected to this territory.
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 Liguria
In Liguria, 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. The same work applies to 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. On the exterior facade and the garden wall, quartz paint takes over from acrylic: it is made for facades. In a rented place, she paints on a mobile panel that you take with you.
In a restaurant, a pizzeria, a café or a bar in Liguria, the painted wall is visible from every table. 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, the painted wall gives each room its own subject. In a hair salon, a spa and a gym, she paints the treatment-room walls and the reception area. For a medical practice, a waiting room and a nursery, she paints the entrance and the waiting area. In an office and a showroom, she paints the wall you see on the way in, and the one at the far end. A vaulted cellar takes the same paint, right up to the ceiling.
As for the subject, Giulia draws what you want to see on that particular wall: a landscape, a floral or botanical motif, a painted sky on a ceiling, a perspective trompe-l’oeil, figures, animals, lettering or a painted sign. She also reproduces an existing work. Two sketches come to you before the first brushstroke.
Possible subjects in Liguria: the trompe-l’oeil facades of the carrugi, the windows and shutters painted to be seen from the sea, the narrow houses above the water. 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 Liguria, the craft is called mural artist, muralist, wall artist or decorative painter, and it is Giulia Dal Bon’s.
Liguria is a narrow strip between sea and mountain: tall packed houses, trompe-l’oeil painted facades, seafront shops.
Giulia also travels to Sanremo, to Bordighera, to Ventimiglia and to Portofino.
On the Ponente she works in Ventimiglia, Dolceacqua, Apricale, Bordighera, Ospedaletti, Sanremo, Taggia, Cervo, San Bartolomeo al Mare, Diano Marina, Imperia, Andora, Laigueglia, Alassio, Albenga, Loano, Pietra Ligure, Borgio Verezzi, Finale Ligure, Noli, Varigotti, Spotorno, Bergeggi and Savona.
Around Genoa and the Golfo Paradiso, Giulia travels to Cogoleto, to Arenzano, to Varazze, to Celle Ligure, to Genoa, to Nervi, to Bogliasco, to Pieve Ligure, to Sori and to Recco.
On the Levante, Giulia travels to Santa Margherita Ligure, to Portofino, to Rapallo, to Zoagli, to Chiavari, to Lavagna, to Sestri Levante, to Moneglia, to Deiva Marina, to Framura, to Bonassola, to Levanto, to Monterosso, to Vernazza, to Corniglia, to Manarola, to Riomaggiore, to Portovenere, to Lerici and to La Spezia.
Where the mural can find its place
- In a house, a flat or a villa, Giulia paints the living room, the bedroom, the kitchen, the entrance, the staircase, the courtyard and the exterior wall. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48h.
- For a restaurant, a bar, an ice cream shop, a shop or a hotel, Giulia paints the dining room wall, the shop window, the shutter and the facade. Free quote within 48h.
- The mural can be floral, vegetal, maritime, narrative, or more restrained