Artist Darcy Ballew on a step ladder, brush to the painted sun of a hand-painted mountain and forest landscape mural in Kirkland.
Murals & Commissions

I paint murals too

Custom, hand-painted murals for schools, cafés, shops, and the occasional very lucky kid’s room.

Overview

Sometimes I'm the one holding the brush.

Most weeks, I'm handing out the brushes, telling a whole room there’s no wrong way to start. Every so often, someone hands me a wall and asks me to paint it myself. No two are ever the same, which is exactly why I love them.

Truth is, this is where I go to unwind too. Give me color, a big surface, and a few quiet hours, and my own busy mind finally settles. Painting's calmed me down since I was a kid, and a mural is where I get to pour all of it into your space: big color, layers, texture, and a design built around the room and the people in it. A bare wall in a lobby, a hallway at a school, a café that wants some soul, a kid's room that deserves better than beige. I'll design it with you and paint the whole thing myself, start to finish.

It's simple to get going. We talk about your space, your budget, and what you want the wall to feel like. I sketch a design, we land on it together, and then I show up and paint. You get something made by hand that stays long after I've packed up the ladder.

What:

Custom, hand-painted murals for indoor spaces. Some outdoor too, let's talk.


Where:

Schools, cafés, offices, shops, community spaces, and homes around Kirkland and the Eastside.


How it works:

A conversation, a design you approve, a deposit to hold your dates, then I paint.


Timing:

Most murals take a few days on site. I only take a handful at a time, so reach out early.


Price:

Every wall is different, so we'll talk it through. Commissions start with a conversation.

Close-up of a finished hand-painted dahlia flower mural in pink and orange on the front of a white RV.
Hand-painted mountain and forest landscape mural by Darcy Ballew in a Kirkland community room, artist standing in front with arms out.
Darcy Ballew crouched beside her finished hand-painted forest and hills mural in Kirkland, pointing to her painted darcyballew.com signature.
Muralist Darcy Ballew on scaffolding painting a large pink-and-orange dahlia on the front of a white RV at a yoga retreat.

FAQs

Do you paint from my idea or yours?

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Either way. Some people hand me a clear picture, others just know how they want the space to feel and leave the rest to me. We'll sort out the right mix before I pick up a brush.


How much does a mural cost?

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It depends on the wall: the size, the surface, how detailed the design gets. Tell me about your space and I'll give you a real number


Do you paint other things besides walls?

Happily. The RV at that yoga retreat is proof. Furniture, a door, a sign, a storefront window, the side of just about anything. If it holds still, I'll paint it. Tell me what you've got.

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