I was a finalist in the Moxy Hotel Times Square contest with this artwork.

My submission was based on my own experiences of New York. 

I moved there in February 2017 and although it was a tough place to settle into, there was never a dull moment!

The theme of the brief "getting away with it" made me think of a lady I saw taking her cats out for pizza in a stroller a few weeks earlier. I had two cats of my own and I thought, why the hell not, I’m going to do that! I would never have considered buying a cat stroller before moving there, people would have thought I was crazy, but I bought one because in New York I could get away with anything!

The city also seemed alive and I tried to personify it in the illustration to represent the 5 boroughs. There were a lot of characters there including my local shop keeper who’s hobby was learning to play new musical instruments (not with much success unfortunately!).