"This piece took inspiration from both Steve's favourite city 'New York' and one of his favourite music artists the famous New Yorker - JAY-Z.
The title of the painting comes from an inspirational line in the chorus of his song about New York; "Empire State of Mind"; "New York, Concrete jungle where dreams are made of, There's nothin' you can't do, Now you're in New York."
The Jaguar climbing the lamppost is a depiction of JAY-Z’s journey from the tough streets of Brooklyn to the top of the music industry, where he now lives the high life around the extremely affluent streets of Midtown Manhattan.
Within the painting there are also subtle hints towards the impacts of deforestation on the habitat of wild animals such as the Jaguar and what the future now holds for these magnificent animals."
