Murals

Caribbean Murals 2023

Originally in the El Mercado in old San Juan, these murals have been reclaimed and are being transferred to the Luis Munoz International Airport, San Juan. This is the first of four to arrive: The Working Men and Women of Puerto Rico.   16’ by 200' After the destruction hit the Island the original performance…

Creating a Mural at Katonah Museum of Art 2023

The Katonah Museum of Art announced a site-specific mural installation in the museum’s atrium as part of its 40th anniversary celebration. Renowned artist and muralist, Tom Christopher, known for his expressionist take on urban life, collaborated with a selection of students representing nearby schools to produce a visual compilation of creativity and ideas. Artist Tom…

Lobby Installation

A large canvas installed in the lobby of 665 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY. The artist Tom Christopher is here to add finishing touches and to oversee the site for Gibney, Anthony, Flaherty Law offices.

Murals for a Wine Merchant

Paintings on the walls of a 100 year old wine store. Scenes from a vineyard in Beaune, France we visited while researching brands for a wine store.  Sketches and drawings were translated into classic frescos painted in plaster over old railroad station windows. It was a very fun project.

Working with Students: Paseo Caribe Mural 2016

Artist and muralist Tom Christopher worked with art students from the Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño to create more than 4,000 square feet of murals celebrating the working men and women of Puerto Rico. Their ideas follow the tradition of Thomas Hart Benton, the WPA artistsand Mexican muralists like Diego Rivera who portrayed the proletarian struggle…

Paseo Caribe Mural Project 2016

Mural installation in San Juan: Celebrating the Working Men and Women of Puerto Rico. Artist and muralist Tom Christopher worked together with art students from Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño to create more than 4,000 square feet of murals in Bahia Plaza in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Their ideas follow the tradition of Thomas…

NYU Langone Medical Center Art Collection Mural Project

A site specific project designed to highlight a New York experience. A fantasy vision, based on the reality of New York City street scenes with varying perspectives, expressionistic colors also incorporating tattoo imagery such as hearts and roses, split-tail swallows carrying Dear John letters and other allegorical symbols. I Like New York Because Everything Interesting…

Lobby of the London Terrace Gardens

London Terrace, which was designed by Farrar & Watmaugh, was completed by Henry Mandel in 1931, it was considered the largest apartment building in the world with 1,665 apartments. In 1948, the building was divided into two parts and sold to separate management companies. The ten middle buildings were sold to four partners, which included…

Pinterest Office Proposal

Development ideas for Pinterest Offices, Manhattan, NYC

Serigraphs – Tales of the City

An exhibition consisting of a series of serigraphs and a set of paintings comprising a 22 foot mural focusing on the narrative elements and the visual stimuli of this American City. Serigraphs are not your usual prints. As many as 35 colors are individually pushed through hand cut silk screens onto pure archival rag paper…

Fox Sports

Tom Christopher Murals for Fox Sports Broadcasting

Roseland Ballroom, NYC 1997

Icons of Times Square are captured in color on the back wall of Roseland Ballroom. This project is the vision of urban artist Tom Christopher, who designed the upper portion of the 23 foot high wall canvas. Students created the lower six feet. The 225 foot long mural is on the back of Roseland Ballroom,…

Mason’s Trowel

Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, New York Mason’s Trowel, (Automotive enamel, 10’6″ x 65’) was painted to be seen on two levels: at close range the image is obscured, one sees only the garish automotive enamel paint splashed over raw corrugated steel. Many passersby miss the subject and react solely to the surface. Secondly,…

Floating I Beam

35' by 65' Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City NY.  1987 Painted with automotive paint on galvanized corrugated steel, this mural ran along Vernon Blvd at one of the steel factories that once lined the waterfront.Now demolished and soon to be a residential development.