How to Find a Muralist

By annab

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Ever want to spice up your home or office with a beautiful wall painting? This is a "how to" find a muralist to paint a mural. Whether you are looking to paint a mural for your children's room, bathroom, office wall, or anywhere else then you should read "how to find a muralist"!

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

  • Mural
  • Muralist
  • Types of Murals
  • Services
  • Prices

Step1
Search for Muralist and look through the muralist's mural portfolio. Most muralists have a portfolio online describing themselves, the type of murals they paint, customer reviews, pricing and any additional mural facts / history.
Step2
Contact the muralist who's mural style you like. Ideally you should have more then 3 muralist portfolios to search through. If you don't like a particular muralist's style then don't feel obligated to pay for their service even after you have contacted them.
Step3
Describe in detail the type of mural you want painted in your home, office or any other location. Muralists can paint murals in:

- Architectural Murals
- Interior
- Astrological
- Celestial Murals
- Car Murals
- Castle Murals
- Ceramic Tile Murals
- Children's Murals
- City Place Landmark
- Coastal
- Nautical Murals
- Commercial Building Murals
- European
- Old World Murals
- Fantasy
- Whimsical Murals
- Figurative Murals
- Flag Murals
- Food, Drink Related Murals
- Game Room Murals
- Graffiti Style Murals
- Map Murals
- Mediterranean Murals
- Nature and Wildlife Murals
- Old Masters Style Murals
- Oriental
- Far East Style Murals
- Panoramas
- Portrait Murals
- Religious and Biblical Murals
- Sports Murals
- Star Gazing Murals
- Teens and Tween Murals
- Transportation Murals
- Trompe l'Oeil
- Photorealist Murals
- Tropical
- Beach Murals
- Tuscan Murals
- Victorian

Murals can be painted on: a wall, a ceiling, outdoors, indoors, bathroom, living room, hallway, a door, and any other surface which paint can be applied.


After you have decided on the type of mural you will need to choose a specific painting mural. Make sure you convey exactly what you want and how your want your mural to look.

Tips & Warnings

  • Research find a muralists for information on the web for facts about murals, mural artists and anything else related.
  • Make sure you choose a mural, the style and the specific type of mural to be painted on your wall.
  • Specifically spell out how you should conduct your interview of an artist.
  • Have Muralist provide complete contact information with references

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on 8/2/2007 Thanks! I contacted a muralist to paint a mural of fish on my daughter's wall. Thank you StaceyS I was able to find a local muralist after I logged onto the site you recommended www.findamuralist.com.

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on 8/1/2007 Very interesting!
I found there is an increasing demand for murals, according to http://www.findamuralist.com/findamuralist-press-release.php

Also I read on NY Times about how NYC muralists use the cities walls to create a new image of some "bad areas".

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