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Volterra
Mural Artist in Volterra
In Volterra, 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.
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The price of a mural in Volterra
| 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 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 Volterra, 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 Volterra, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
Murals in Volterra
In Volterra alabaster has been worked since the eighth century BC: the Etruscans made decorated urns and sarcophagi from it, with knowledge learned from craftsmen who came from Greece. The practice almost stopped in the Middle Ages, revived in the sixteenth century, and the workshops multiplied in the nineteenth. Blocks from the nearby quarries are still squared with a two-handed saw. In Volterra, Giulia paints the walls of period houses, workshops and venues.
What Giulia brings to Volterra. Here a craft has passed from generation to generation without changing its tools. Giulia paints the same way, with a brush, in a town that knows how to recognise work done like that. She loves what the local craftspeople do, and builds each mural with the person who entrusts it to her. 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.
What Giulia brings to Volterra
In 1761 the abbot Mario Guarnacci gave his collection « to the citizens of the city of Volterra »: one of the first public museums in Italy was born, with more than six hundred Etruscan funerary urns in alabaster and terracotta. Alabaster has been worked here ever since, without a break: the workshops of the centre still cut, turn and polish it today, a few steps from the museum.
Volterra is therefore a town where a translucent stone has been worked for twenty-six centuries, and where light passing through matter is part of the trade. Giulia Dal Bon paints there with a brush, in the stone houses of the centre, farm stays, restaurants and workshops, using odourless acrylic colours indoors and quartz paint outdoors. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48 hours.
In Volterra, Giulia also paints live in front of an audience: a festival, an opening, a concert or a wedding. 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 Volterra?
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 does it work to have a wall painted in Volterra?
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 Volterra, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in Volterra, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
What does a mural quote in Volterra cover?
The square-metre price Giulia Dal Bon quotes 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 Volterra, 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 Volterra 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 Volterra?
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 Volterra be painted on a wall?
Yes. Three or four landmarks are enough to recognise it. The Etruscan walls, the Porta all’Arco, the Piazza dei Priori and its stone palaces, and the balze opening onto the countryside. Giulia Dal Bon paints it with a brush, on site. The rate follows the technique: 150 € per sqm for a line drawing, 250 € for a fully painted view. Free quote within 48 hours.
What subject works well for a mural in Volterra?
In Volterra, period houses lend themselves to botanical motifs, figurative subjects or a trompe l’oeil that works with the stone. Everything is painted with a brush, in odourless acrylic. For a mural in Volterra, the possible subjects, room by room, are gathered in the guide What subject to choose for a mural.
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 Volterra 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 Volterra?
Yes, with surface preparation and paints made for outdoor use. The town sits on a hill and is windy: an exterior needs a well-secured surface.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Volterra?
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.
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
Facades and exteriors
For exterior walls and facades in the historic centre.
Facade and exterior muralsOther cities
Giulia also works in these other European cities.
Tuscany · Florence · Venice · Forte dei Marmi · Amalfi
All the cities
Giulia also travels to Pistoia, Prato, San Gimignano, Viareggio, Bolgheri, Camaiore, Capalbio and Carrara.
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 Volterra
In Volterra, 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. A ceiling is painted the same way, from the scaffold. Outdoors, she uses quartz paint on the exterior facade, with a protective varnish to finish. She also paints on a mobile panel, to carry the painting elsewhere.
She paints in venues as different as apartment and boutique, and in hotel.
Whether your wall is in the historic centre or by Porta all’Arco, a photo of it and its dimensions are enough to start: Giulia draws the sketch straight onto the photo.
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 Volterra: the balze opening onto the countryside, the Etruscan walls, the Porta all’Arco, the Piazza dei Priori and its stone palaces. And always the trompe-l’oeil window, the botanical motif and the painted sky on a ceiling.
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 Volterra, it is called a mural artist, a muralist, a wall artist, a decorative painter.
In Volterra alabaster has been worked since the eighth century BC, when the Etruscans made decorated urns and sarcophagi from it.
Giulia also travels throughout Tuscany.
Where the mural can find its place
- In a period apartment, she paints the living room, the bedroom, the entrance and the ceiling. From €150 per m², free quote within 48h.
- In a hotel or a boutique, she paints the reception wall, the storefront and the lounge. Free quote within 48h.
- Giulia also travels throughout Tuscany.