FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
I charge anywhere from $10 – $30+ per square foot, starting at a minimal of $800 per project. My square footage charge depends upon the amount of detail, preparation of the space and supplies that it will take to complete the project. All supplies and travel expenses are included into the square footage charge. Once a design and price is contracted, I will require a standard 50% deposit of the full project price, as far in advance as possible, in order to have plenty of time to get supplies and to hold scheduled starting and completion dates of the project. I cannot schedule and hold future dates until I’ve received a deposit. I do charge a design fee starting at $200, which will be waived or extracted from the agreed mural price, once we have reached an agreement and the first deposit is made. I do give out discounts. Small business discount – 10%. Repeat customers – 15% Bigger discounts can apply, depending on the situation, such as charity, or customers who decide to have multiple murals done with in the same contract.
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
First, I listen to the customer and get a sense of their vision, idea, or desires and the purpose of the mural. Next, I begin to help them process and bring their vision, ideas or desires to life through conversation and design work. Typically I can come up with a pretty accurate cost for the mural, once it begins to develop and solidify in conversation, before the actual design work. If a person has a direct reference, they want me to copy, along with the square footage and I can give them fairly accurate price on the spot.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
SCPA, School of Creative and Performing Arts. A lot of years of experience. It may be different now, but when I began using spray paint and doing streetstyle artwork, there was no official schooling or teaching for the style or medium. Although for the past 18 years I have on and off taught private lessons, in youth centers and I’ve even taught classes in the public school system, on how to use spray paint for art or creative purposes in general.