He is a versatile artist who expresses himself through various practices, including studio painting, muralism, graffiti, graphic design, and illustration. Tristan Eaton primarily identifies himself as a painter.

Tristan Eaton has painted in Paris on several occasions. In 2011, he participated in the Paris edition of The Underbelly Project: in utmost secrecy, several internationally renowned artists took over an abandoned subway tunnel. In 2014, he was invited to Nuit Blanche to create a mural on the facade of a building on Rue du Chevaleret in the 13th arrondissement. In the fall of 2016, the American artist returned to the 13th arrondissement to paint the water tower at the Salpêtrière Hospital as part of Street Art 13 and to present his first solo exhibition in Europe at the Itinérance Gallery.