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Taormina
Mural Artist in Taormina
In Taormina, Giulia Dal Bon paints murals with a brush, in villas, flats, hotels, restaurants and boutiques. Trained at the Brera Academy, she paints on site, from 400 € 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 Taormina
| Simple motif or line drawingFine lines for flowers, patterns, silhouettes or figures… | 400 €/sqm |
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| Fully painted subjectColours and shadows for landscapes, portraits or scenes… | 600 €/sqm |
| Trompe-l’oeil or ceilingThe wall opens onto a false window, a sky on the ceiling or an entire landscape… | 800 €/sqm |
| Exterior facade: if needed, scaffolding is added to the quote. | |
Free quote within 48h
The quote starts from the surface and the technique, and spells out what comes on top: interior or exterior, the condition of the wall, the height, scaffolding if needed, the timing.
Where to start?
When you contact me about a mural in Taormina, 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 Taormina, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals in Taormina
Taormina was founded around 358 BC by Greek colonists from Naxos, and its Greek Theatre, second in size in Sicily only to the one in Syracuse, still overlooks the headland today with views of Etna and the Ionian Sea. The medieval historic centre, once a capital of Byzantine Sicily, still holds noble palazzi and flower-lined lanes. In Taormina, Giulia paints for private villas, luxury hotels and venues. Giulia travels easily to Taormina to paint: you send her a photo of the wall and she draws the sketch straight onto it, so you see the mural in place before she travels.
What Giulia brings to Taormina. Taormina has always drawn artists and travellers who came for the light and the view of Etna. Giulia arrives with her own part: colour, joy, work made by hand on a wall that stays. She loves what the artists who passed through here drew from this place, and builds each mural with the person she paints for, genuinely listening to them. 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 Taormina. For a wedding, a private evening or a brand event, 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 Taormina?
In Taormina the rate reflects a high-end destination: €400 per square metre for a line drawing or a simple motif, €600 for a fully painted subject, €800 for a trompe l’oeil or ceiling. The quote is free: see all prices.
How does it work to have a wall painted in Taormina?
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 400 € per sqm in Taormina, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in Taormina, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
What does a mural quote in Taormina cover?
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.
I’d like a mural or a painting on a wall of my home in Taormina, 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 Taormina 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 Taormina?
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 Taormina be painted on a wall?
Yes. Three or four landmarks are enough to recognise it. The Greek theatre founded by the settlers from Naxos, Etna closing the horizon behind the stage, and the flowered balconies of Corso Umberto. Giulia Dal Bon draws them, then paints them, by hand. The line alone falls under 400 € per sqm, the painted version under 600 €. Free quote within 48 hours.
What subject works well for a mural in Taormina?
In Taormina, villas and hotels with views over Etna and the Ionian Sea suit sea-inspired subjects, classical motifs drawing on the Greek Theatre, or a bright trompe l’oeil. Everything is painted with a brush, in odourless acrylic.
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 Taormina?
Yes, with surface preparation suited to the salt air of the coast. Giulia paints outdoors all year round, on a dry wall and in mild weather: she checks the forecast with you and sets the date. Choosing the paint and the surface for an outdoor wall in Taormina is explained in the guide Which paint, which wall, how long it lasts.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Taormina?
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: much of Taormina’s medieval historic centre is 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
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 Taormina
In Taormina, whether it is a villa or an apartment, Giulia paints on an interior wall : the living room, the bedroom and the kitchen. The same work applies to 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 and the terrace, she works in quartz paint. She also paints on a mobile panel, to carry the painting elsewhere.
In a restaurant in Taormina, she paints the dining-room wall, and the tables stay laid. For a boutique, she paints the shop window, a front you recognise from down the street. In a hotel, she paints the lobbies, the corridors and the rooms. In a spa, she paints the wall you look at while you wait.
Whether your wall is in the historic centre, along Corso Umberto, in Mazzarò, at Isola Bella or in Castelmola, a photo of it and its dimensions are enough to start: Giulia draws the sketch straight onto the photo.
A wall can carry a landscape, a floral or botanical motif, lettering, a painted sign. A ceiling takes a sky. A perspective trompe-l’oeil opens a window or a corridor on a solid wall. Giulia also paints figures and animals, and reproduces a work on request.
Possible subjects in Taormina: the flowered balconies of Corso Umberto, the Greek theatre founded by the settlers from Naxos, etna closing the horizon behind the stage. And always the trompe-l’oeil window, the botanical motif and the painted sky on a ceiling.
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 Taormina.
Taormina was founded around 358 BC by Greek colonists from Naxos, with a Greek Theatre second in size in Sicily only to the one in Syracuse, and a medieval historic centre that was once a capital of Byzantine Sicily.
Giulia also travels across eastern Sicily.
Where the mural can find its place
- For a villa or a residence, Giulia paints the living room, the bedroom, the terrace, the entrance and the ceiling. From €400 per m², free quote within 48h.
- In a hotel, a boutique or a restaurant, Giulia paints the reception wall, the dining room and the storefront. Free quote within 48h.
- Giulia also travels across eastern Sicily.