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Ventimiglia
Mural artist in Ventimiglia
In Ventimiglia, 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 Ventimiglia
| 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
The price is based on the surface and the technique; the quote then takes into account interior or exterior, the condition of the wall, the height, scaffolding if needed and the timing.
Where to start?
When you contact me about a mural in Ventimiglia, 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 Ventimiglia, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
A mural approach shaped by this place
Ventimiglia is a border town. The Friday market draws French customers, and many shops in the lower town work with them. The upper town keeps older houses with thick walls and narrow stairways. Sea air and strong sun call for a salt-blocking primer and a UV-resistant finish outdoors. 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.
Ventimiglia gives a wall its own subjects: the Hanbury gardens and their species from all over the world, the Romanesque cathedral and its crypt, the roofs of the old town above the Roya, the Friday market, the flower greenhouses. The price follows the technique: 150 € per sqm for a line silhouette, 250 € for a fully painted subject.
What Giulia brings to Ventimiglia. 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. She paints with a brush, in odourless acrylic indoors and quartz paint outdoors, and Corriere della Sera, Domus and Sky Arte have covered her work. 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 Ventimiglia
The Hanbury Gardens were opened in 1867 by the English traveller Sir Thomas Hanbury on the Mortola headland; by 1912 six thousand species were growing there, among agaves, aloes, citrus, eucalyptus and passion flowers. In the upper town, the cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta is a Romanesque building of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, with a crypt uncovered and studied by Girolamo Rossi in 1875; nearby, the Oratorio dei Neri keeps Baroque canvases and frescoes.
Ventimiglia thus brings together a world-famous botanical garden and a tight medieval centre of stone walls and old plaster. Giulia Dal Bon paints there with a brush, in the houses of the upper town as in the flats and shops of the lower one: odourless acrylic colours indoors, quartz paint and anti-salt varnish for facades facing the sea. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48 hours.
In Ventimiglia, Giulia also paints live in front of an audience: a seaside wedding, a summer evening or a birthday. The canvas starts blank and ends signed, ready to hang. 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 Ventimiglia?
Giulia Dal Bon charges 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 do I commission a mural in Ventimiglia?
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 Ventimiglia, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in Ventimiglia, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
Does the price of a mural in Ventimiglia include the materials?
Giulia Dal Bon’s 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 Ventimiglia?
In Ventimiglia, shop window and shutter designs, popular with shops serving French customers. 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.
Can a view of Ventimiglia be painted on a wall?
Yes. Three or four landmarks are enough to recognise it. The medieval upper town and its vaulted lanes, the Romanesque cathedral, the Hanbury gardens along the coast and the border just beyond. Giulia Dal Bon paints the scene with a brush, at the scale of the wall: 150 € per sqm as a line drawing, 250 € fully painted. Free quote within 48 hours.
What subject works well for a mural in Ventimiglia?
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 Ventimiglia?
Yes, with surface preparation and paints made for outdoor use. Sea air and strong sun. Exterior work needs a salt-blocking primer and a UV-resistant finish.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Ventimiglia?
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.
Murals for homes and villas
Custom murals for homes, villas, apartments, living rooms, bedrooms, stairwells, and ceilings.
Home and villa murals
Murals for hotels and boutiques
Giulia Dal Bon paints murals for hotels, boutiques, showrooms, and hospitality spaces.
Hotel and boutique murals
Murals for children’s bedrooms
Murals for bedrooms, children’s rooms and smaller spaces: a landscape at the foot of the bed, a botanical motif around a window, a painted sky on the ceiling.
Children’s bedroom muralsIdeas for spaces
Depending on the space in Ventimiglia, the mural sits on a single panel of wall or covers the whole room: a simple or floral motif for a bedroom, a figurative scene for a living room, painted decor that follows the mouldings, or all four walls in one piece. Giulia draws from the wall she has seen.
Houses and villas
Living rooms, bedrooms, entrances, verandas, ceilings and garden walls. Example: a kitchen wall of 6 sqm in a simple motif, around 900 €.
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 shutter of 10 sqm in a simple motif, around 1 500 €.
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 Ventimiglia
In Ventimiglia, whether it is 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. Outside, she switches to quartz paint on the exterior facade and the garden wall. She also paints on a mobile panel, to carry the painting elsewhere.
In a restaurant, a pizzeria, a café or a bar in Ventimiglia, she paints the dining-room wall, and the tables stay laid. In a boutique and a shop, window and shutter are painted by hand, and change with the seasons. 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 walls of the cabins and of the main room. In a medical practice, a waiting room and a nursery, she paints the reception wall and the corridor. 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.
Possible subjects in Ventimiglia: the Hanbury gardens and their species from all over the world, the Romanesque cathedral and its crypt, the roofs of the old town above the Roya, the Friday market, the flower greenhouses. 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 Ventimiglia.
Ventimiglia is a border town: the Friday market, shops aimed at French customers, the high old town and seafront districts.
Giulia also travels to Dolceacqua and Apricale.
Where it can live well
- In a house or a flat, she 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.
- In a shop, a restaurant, a bar, an ice cream shop or a hotel, she paints the dining room wall, the shop window, the shutter and the facade. Free quote within 48h.
- Giulia also travels to Menton, Bordighera, Sanremo, Monaco and Roquebrune-Cap-Martin.
- For a shop, a bar or an ice cream shop, Giulia paints the shop window, the shutter and the interior wall. Free quote within 48h.