Vietri sul Mare

Mural Artist in Vietri sul Mare

In Vietri sul Mare, Giulia Dal Bon paints murals with a brush, in houses, guest houses, workshops, 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.

Contact Giulia

Tell me your idea, and I will be glad to reply.

Example of a hand-painted wall mural by Giulia Dal Bon, for a wall in Vietri sul Mare

The price of a mural in Vietri sul Mare

Simple motif or line drawingFine lines for flowers, patterns, silhouettes or figures…150 €/sqm
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 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 Vietri sul Mare, here is what happens next.

1

Tell me your idea

Even if the idea is still vague, we work on it together. Write to me on WhatsApp or by email, I reply within 48 hours.

2

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.

3

The quote

Once the sketch is approved, I send you the quote and we set the date together.

4

I paint the wall

I come and paint at your place in Vietri sul Mare, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.

Murals in Vietri sul Mare

Vietri sul Mare is known worldwide for its ceramics: coloured houses, decorated lanes and old workshops, at the start of the Amalfi Coast. The craft has deep roots and flourished in the early thirteenth century. In the 1930s the German Richard Dolker, who had taken refuge on the coast, helped renew it with more contemporary motifs. Giulia paints in Vietri sul Mare for houses, workshops and venues.

What Giulia brings to Vietri sul Mare. Here colour is already on the walls, the domes and the lanes: this is a town unafraid of paint. Giulia is at home in it, because she works in vivid colour and paints with a brush. She loves what the local ceramicists do, and proposes a palette from it, and builds each mural with the person she paints for. 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 Vietri sul Mare. For a festival, an opening, a concert or a wedding, 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 →

Example of mural work in Vietri sul Mare: above a sideboard, the wall Giulia Dal Bon painted opens onto the sea.
Example of mural work in Vietri sul Mare: Giulia painted a trompe-l’oeil beach beyond the wall.
Example of mural work in Vietri sul Mare: in a restaurant, Giulia Dal Bon paints a gondola on the Grand Canal.
Example of mural work in Vietri sul Mare: Giulia paints Venice at sunset on the wall of a restaurant.

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 Vietri sul Mare?

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 get a mural painted in my home in Vietri sul Mare?

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 Vietri sul Mare, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in Vietri sul Mare, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.

What does the price of a mural in Vietri sul Mare include?

Giulia Dal Bon’s price per square metre 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 Vietri sul Mare, 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 Vietri sul Mare 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. The guide Who to hire to have a wall painted helps you prepare your request for a wall in Vietri sul Mare.

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 Vietri sul Mare?

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 Vietri sul Mare be painted on a wall?

Yes, and the city lends itself to it. The ceramic dome of San Giovanni Battista, the coloured houses above the sea, and the painted tiles on the walls of the lanes. 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 Vietri sul Mare?

In Vietri sul Mare, houses and workshops lend themselves to Mediterranean botanical motifs, sea subjects or a trompe l’oeil in vivid colour. Everything is painted with a brush, in odourless acrylic.

What is the difference between a hand-painted mural and spray-painted graffiti?

A graffiti artist works with spray cans, and the line is fast and graphic. Giulia Dal Bon paints with a brush: the layers go on one after another, which allows gradients, fine detail and trompe l’oeil. A mural in Vietri sul Mare becomes a painting made directly on the wall, by hand. While she works, people take the time to watch and take photos.

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. 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 Vietri sul Mare?

Yes, with surface preparation and paints made for outdoor use. Sea air calls for an anti-salt primer and a UV-resistant finish.

Do I need permission to paint a facade in Vietri sul Mare?

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.

Other cities

Giulia also works in these other European cities.

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 Vietri sul Mare

In Vietri sul Mare, she paints on an interior wall : the living room, the bedroom and the kitchen. She also paints the bathroom, the entrance and the hallway. A ceiling asks for more work, and she paints it gladly. Outdoors, she uses quartz paint on the exterior facade, with a protective varnish to finish. In a rented place, she paints on a mobile panel that you take with you.

She paints in venues as different as apartment and boutique, and in hotel.

In the town centre or in Marina di Vietri, a photo of the wall and its dimensions are enough to start: Giulia draws the sketch straight onto it.

The subject is decided together. A landscape opens up the far end of a room, a floral or botanical motif runs along a wall, a painted sky fills a ceiling, a perspective trompe-l’oeil draws a window on a solid wall. Giulia also paints figures, animals, lettering, painted signs, and reproduces an existing work when you ask her to.

Possible subjects in Vietri sul Mare: the painted tiles on the walls of the lanes, the ceramic dome of San Giovanni Battista, the coloured houses above the sea. Alongside these, a trompe-l’oeil window, a botanical motif or a painted sky remain possible.

The craft goes by several names, and each of them is right about something. Mural and wall mural speak of the wall, wall decoration and mural decoration speak of the room, decorative painting speaks of the gesture, trompe-l’oeil speaks of the effect. A hand-painted wall, a drawing on a wall, a painting made directly on the wall: still the same thing. In Vietri sul Mare, it is called a mural artist, a muralist, a wall artist, a decorative painter.

In Vietri sul Mare ceramics flourished in the early thirteenth century and were renewed in the 1930s by Richard Dolker.

Giulia also travels throughout Campania.