Tom Christopher has partnered with Ikepod to produce an exclusive line of hand painted sneakers. Proudly handmade in Portugal, the first ever Sneaker designed and produced by a watchmaker. A very limited edition of 200 pairs only worldwide. Scarcity is luxury.

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…

These skateboards were made by Tom Christopher as prototypes for a campaign to produce skateboards under the Ikepod name. With the success of the watch brands bearing his artwork on the watch face, these designs would extend the brand to a younger audience.

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.

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.

Since its foundation in 1994, Ikepod has always been about design. Megastar designer Marc Newson was the key figure behind the design identity of Ikepod in the 1990s, which is still going strong despite the ups and downs of the brand (see below). Collaborations with artists have also proved lucrative and watches with dials designed…

October 23, 2020 - July 25, 2021 As part of the Asia Society Triennial: We Do Not Dream Alone — a multi-venue festival of art, ideas, and innovation, the New-York Historical Society and Asia Society Museum open their first-ever collaborative exhibition, Dreaming Together. More than 35 interwoven works drawn from both art collections generate dialogue…

Construction Worker, pen and ink, 8 x 10 At One, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 36 The Working Men and Women of New York City Impressed by the resilience and American courage to keep going, no matter what. The everyday workers: the traffic cop, a cake decorator lady in Grand Central, street cleaning guy, bike…

Man Bites Dog Rene Magritte’s best-known work is called The Treachery of Images, but many viewers will probably recognize the droll surrealist masterpiece by another title, one that’s printed on the lower portion of the painting itself. Writ large, the words proclaim Ceci n’est pas une pipe. (“This is not a pipe.”) Since the oil…

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…

Painters Tom Christopher and Andy Hammerstein talk about their experience painting in public in the lobby of the now-renovated Brill Building in Times Square in 2014.

Commissioned by Dorado Beach Resort and Club, Tom Christopher is creating a series of paintings that explore the beauty of Puerto Rico. While playing the East Course at Dorado, a humbling experience, the great natural beauty struck us. The Robert Trent Jones course immaculately groomed, was the Invitational Women’s PGA the next day.I can paint this,…

Tom Christopher, Like Popeye After a Can of Spinach. Never Saw Anybody Move So Fast. Ever. 2004 Courtesy of the artist and Gary Lichtenstein Editions, Ridgefield, CT Master printer and Connecticut native Gary Lichtenstein has collaborated with over ninety artists during the course of his thirty-five-year career. This exhibition brings together forty-eight screenprints from the over eight…

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…

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,…