His early hired works echoed the attributes and characteristics of his urban landscapes when he was asked to replicate Oklahoma City's Myriad Botanical Gardens. He was hired to replicate Harlem's Apollo Theatre for display at the Toys R Us in New York City's Time Square shortly thereafter. Currently, selections of Lopes' work are permanently placed at Morris Museum in Morristown, New Jersey as well as corporate installations at the offices of various book publishers, an industry Lopes has worked in for years.
