How to commission a mural.

1. Start with the space and the goal

Before style or color, the best murals start with a question: what should this wall do? Draw people in, tell a community's story, brand a lobby, make a restaurant the most photographed room in town. Bring the location, rough dimensions, a photo of the wall, your timeline, and a budget range. That's enough to begin.

2. Get a proposal

From a short conversation you should receive a clear, itemized proposal — scope, scale, timeline, and a single project price — usually within one business day. A good proposal removes guesswork: you know what's included (prep, materials, equipment, sealing, photography) before anything is committed.

3. Concept & sketch — see it before the paint

Once you move forward, you receive composition sketches and a color direction rendered onto your actual wall, so you can see the piece in place before a single drop of paint. This is where feedback happens and the design gets locked.

4. Production on site

On painting day, everything is handled: surface prep, all materials and equipment, lifts for height, and clean, on-schedule work. For exterior and civic walls, permitting and insurance certificates are arranged as needed.

5. Sealing & handover

Exterior murals are sealed and protected for the Florida climate so they hold their color for years. You receive professional photography of the finished wall, ready to share.

A note on public art & RFPs

Commissioning for a city, CRA, school, or public-art program usually runs through an RFP or RFQ. Carmo is fluent in that process — qualifications, references, narrative, timeline, and budget — and has delivered civic work for the City of Hollywood and North Miami's CRA. If you're issuing a call, an experienced respondent makes selection easier.