Commercial & Corporate Mural Artist
Custom murals for businesses, brands, corporate spaces & commercial properties
Murals That Tell the Story of a Business
Banks Compton creates custom commercial murals for businesses, brands, corporate offices, retail spaces, hospitality properties, entertainment venues, and other commercial environments.
From a single exterior wall to multi-mural corporate installations, each project is developed around the client, location, audience, and purpose of the space.
Banks' commercial mural experience includes projects for Starbucks, Beyond Gravity, Walmart, Crayola, Black Rifle Coffee Company, hotels, restaurants, bars, and other businesses throughout the United States.
Projects can incorporate company history, products, local culture, branding, nature, community stories, interactive elements, or completely original artwork designed specifically for the space.
Featured Commercial Mural Projects
Beyond Gravity | Decatur, Alabama
Banks created eleven murals for the Decatur facility of international space company Beyond Gravity.
The project combines aerospace imagery, corporate storytelling, dimensional fabrication, and technology. Three murals incorporate augmented reality, allowing elements of the paintings to animate through a smartphone.
Additional designs were adapted into postcards and apparel, while a series of murals surrounded by custom 3D-printed frames creates the illusion of windows looking into space.
Legacy Arena at the BJCC | Birmingham, Alabama
Banks created a commemorative mural for Legacy Arena at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex (BJCC)celebrating the arena's 50th anniversary and five decades of entertainment in Birmingham.
The mural draws from the venue's history of music, sports, and live events, incorporating imagery based on performers and moments connected to Legacy Arena. Featured musicians include Elvis Presley, Elton John, and Lionel Richie, alongside references to the Birmingham Bulls and other pieces of the arena's history.
Banks developed the artwork using historical performance photographs and archival references, transforming decades of events into a single contemporary composition.
The mural was unveiled as part of Legacy Arena's 50th anniversary celebration in 2026 and received coverage from Birmingham-area media.
Starbucks | Huntsville, Alabama
Created for a Starbucks location in Huntsville, this original mural connects the company's identity with Huntsville's relationship to space exploration.
Banks developed imagery inspired by NASA's Artemis program, the Moon, the Space Launch System, coffee plants, and the mythology surrounding Artemis, creating artwork specific to both the Starbucks brand and the Rocket City.
Walmart | Multi-State Murals
Banks has created site-specific mural designs for Walmart locations across Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania.
Each digitally illustrated design incorporates landmarks, culture, and imagery associated with the community surrounding its individual store before being reproduced as a large-format vinyl installation.
Featured projects include Walmart locations in Algiers/New Orleans, Mobile, and Dothan.
Black Rifle Coffee Company | Mesa, Arizona
Banks worked alongside lead artist Taylor Nelson to execute a large-scale exterior mural for a Black Rifle Coffee Company location in Mesa, Arizona.
The mural design was provided by Black Rifle Coffee Company's corporate creative team and features a series of military figures incorporated into a colorful composition celebrating the brand's connection to the U.S. military and veteran community.
Banks' primary contribution included painting five of the figures and faces depicted in the mural, as well as assisting with background areas and the overall installation.
The project demonstrates Banks' ability to work collaboratively with another lead artist and accurately translate corporate-provided artwork to architectural scale while maintaining the approved design and brand identity.
Crayola Experience | Chandler, Arizona
Banks also worked alongside lead artist Taylor Nelson on the colorful exterior murals at the former Crayola Experience location in Chandler, Arizona.
Rather than creating a new mural design, the project involved repainting and refreshing existing Crayola artwork across the building's exterior.
Banks helped restore the murals' bright colors and recognizable imagery, including oversized crayons, Crayola characters, paint splashes, logos, and other playful elements associated with the brand.
The project provided experience working within the visual identity of a nationally recognized creative brand while demonstrating another side of commercial mural work: restoring and maintaining existing large-scale artwork rather than replacing it.
Custom Murals for Businesses & Brands
A commercial mural can do more than decorate a wall. It can tell a company's story, reinforce its brand, connect a business to its community, transform the customer experience, create a recognizable destination, or provide a backdrop for photography and social media.
Alabama mural artist Banks Compton creates custom commercial murals for businesses, corporate offices, retail stores, restaurants, hotels, entertainment venues, developers, manufacturers, and other commercial properties throughout Alabama and across the United States.
Projects can range from a single interior feature wall or exterior mural to multi-wall corporate installations and artwork developed across multiple locations.
Every project begins with understanding the client, space, audience, architecture, and goals for the artwork. Banks then develops site-specific artwork designed around what the business wants the finished mural to accomplish.
Commercial Mural Design
Banks works collaboratively with clients from initial concept development through design approval and final installation.
Commercial mural designs can incorporate:
Company history and brand storytelling
Brand colors and visual identity
Local landmarks, history, and culture
Products and services
Nature and regional imagery
Interactive photo opportunities
Employee and community stories
Augmented reality and digital experiences
Artwork integrated into architectural or industrial surfaces
Before painting begins, clients review the proposed mural design and have an opportunity to provide feedback. This allows the concept, composition, imagery, and brand elements to be approved before installation begins.
Interior & Exterior Commercial Murals
Banks creates both interior and exterior commercial murals.
Interior murals can transform offices, corporate lobbies, restaurants, hotels, retail stores, break rooms, entertainment venues, reception areas, and customer-facing spaces into environments that reflect the identity of a business.
Exterior murals can transform building facades, storefronts, courtyards, parking areas, industrial buildings, and other highly visible walls into recognizable landmarks and destinations.
Banks has experience painting on a variety of surfaces, including brick and masonry, drywall, corrugated metal, industrial structures, panels, dimensional architectural elements, and other unconventional surfaces. Surface preparation, coatings, access, equipment, and environmental conditions are evaluated according to the requirements of each project.
Corporate Campuses & Multi-Mural Projects
Commercial mural projects can extend across multiple walls, rooms, buildings, or locations while maintaining a consistent visual identity.
At Beyond Gravity's aerospace facility in Decatur, Alabama, Banks created 11 murals throughout the facility, including three murals with augmented-reality experiences. He has also produced Walmart mural designs for locations across six states.
For larger installations, individual murals can respond to the architecture and purpose of each space while remaining part of a cohesive visual system.
Banks can collaborate with architects, interior designers, developers, general contractors, marketing departments, brand teams, and corporate creative teams when artwork is incorporated into a larger construction, renovation, placemaking, or branding project.
Interactive Murals & Augmented Reality
Commercial murals can incorporate augmented reality, projection, dimensional fabrication, interactive elements, photo opportunities, and other technologies when they support the goals of the project.
For Beyond Gravity, Banks collaborated with BrandXR to create augmented-reality experiences connected to three murals at the company's Decatur aerospace facility. Visitors can use a smartphone to activate digital elements that extend the experience beyond the painted wall.
Artwork developed for the project was also adapted for postcards and apparel, demonstrating how a mural's visual identity can extend into other applications when those uses are included within the project's scope.
Custom Artwork & Corporate-Provided Designs
Banks can work with businesses requiring either original custom artwork or an established corporate design.
For original commissions, Banks can manage the creative process from research and concept development through rendering, client approval, surface preparation, painting, and completion.
He also has experience executing artwork within established brand guidelines, approved color palettes, and pre-existing creative direction.
While assisting lead artist Taylor Nelson, projects for Black Rifle Coffee Company and Crayola Experience required accurately translating approved artwork into large-scale installations rather than developing the original concepts.
This experience allows Banks to work within both artist-led commissions and larger commercial projects where designs, branding, or creative standards have already been established.
Commercial Murals for Marketing & Customer Experience
A commercial mural can continue providing value after installation by becoming part of how customers experience, photograph, and remember a business.
At Thomasville Honda in Thomasville, Alabama, for example, Banks created a mural that became a branded backdrop for photographing vehicle inventory and producing social media content.
Commercial murals can also:
Create recognizable photo opportunities
Encourage customers to share a location on social media
Distinguish a storefront or property
Reinforce company history and identity
Transform otherwise unused walls
Create memorable customer and employee spaces
Support tourism, placemaking, and destination marketing
Banks considers how people will see, use, photograph, and interact with the artwork while developing the design.
Working With Architects, Designers & Project Teams
Banks can work directly with a business owner or as part of a larger professional project team.
For murals incorporated into new construction, renovations, corporate campuses, hospitality projects, mixed-use developments, or other commercial environments, Banks can coordinate with architects, interior designers, developers, contractors, marketing teams, and other project stakeholders.
Project planning can address wall materials, surface preparation, installation schedules, lifts and access equipment, site requirements, approved designs, brand standards, and coordination with other trades before mural installation begins.
Does Banks Compton Travel for Commercial Murals?
Yes. Banks is based in Foley, Alabama, and travels for commercial mural projects throughout Alabama, the Southeast, and across the United States.
His experience includes large-scale artwork completed in multiple states for independent businesses, national brands, corporate facilities, public institutions, entertainment venues, and other commercial clients.
Travel, lodging, equipment, site access, and project logistics can be incorporated into the scope and estimate for projects outside his home region.
Why Work With Banks Compton?
Banks brings experience ranging from independent businesses to projects involving national and international companies, major institutions, and recognizable consumer brands.
His approach combines professional large-scale painting with a background in fine art, storytelling, site-specific design, public art, and client collaboration.
Rather than applying the same design to every business, Banks develops artwork around the specific story, audience, architecture, location, and goals of each project.
About Banks Compton
Banks Compton is an Alabama mural artist and public artist based in Foley, Alabama. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), he creates large-scale artwork throughout Alabama and across the United States.
His experience includes commercial and corporate murals, public art, community projects, educational murals, digital illustration, mural restoration, augmented reality, dimensional artwork, and collaborative large-scale installations.
Banks' work is rooted in storytelling and site-specific design, with artwork developed to reflect the people, places, organizations, and environments surrounding it.
Looking for a Commercial Mural Artist?
Banks works with businesses, corporations, developers, architects, restaurants, hotels, retailers, entertainment venues, manufacturers, and other commercial clients to create custom murals and large-scale artwork.
Projects can range from a single interior feature wall or exterior mural to multi-wall corporate installations, interactive artwork, and projects spanning multiple locations.
The process can include concept development, custom design, client review, project planning, surface preparation, installation, and final completion.
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The cost of a commercial mural depends on the size, design complexity, wall surface, location, accessibility, equipment requirements, materials, and travel involved. Banks provides project-specific estimates after reviewing the space, approximate dimensions, project goals, timeline, and site conditions.
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Yes. Banks has experience creating murals and large-scale artwork for local businesses, national brands, major institutions, and international companies. His commercial experience includes projects involving Walmart, Starbucks, Beyond Gravity, BJCC, Alabama ONE, and other businesses and organizations.
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Yes. Commercial murals can incorporate brand colors, company history, products, services, local culture, logos, and other approved brand elements while remaining original artwork designed specifically for the space. Banks can also work within established corporate brand guidelines and approved creative direction.
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Banks has experience creating artwork on brick and masonry, drywall, corrugated metal, industrial structures, panels, dimensional architectural elements, and other unconventional surfaces. The appropriate preparation, primer, paint system, equipment, and protective coatings are determined according to the specific surface and environment.