Her current exhibition Tender Trick at the Galería OMR in Mexico City, on view until August 17, is exemplary of this. Her work evokes a strong sense of narrative due to dynamic use of colours and figures that serve to ignite the audience’s imagination. Despite this impressive sense of storytelling in her paintings, in our discussion Makinson discloses that during her creative process, she too is inquisitive as to what the story will hold for her paintings, as it reveals itself organically due to her avoidance of planning.