‘Views from Makolo’ depicts a street hawker carrying mangoes in a basket on her head, glancing at the skyline of Lagos Island from the other side of third mainland bridge. Exploring the disparities of wealth in Lagos, with the richest living alongside the poorest. Exploration of class, in both Nigeria and the UK, is a recurrent theme in Tamara’s practice. The choice of cardboard, while a practical one due to costs of canvases, also plays into the influence of class on her life and art currently too. Many of us are well-acquainted with having to be innovative with funds and materials in all areas of life. The differences in culture between class and country are significant, but reflective as a whole of the impact of structural issues on access and experience.