Paul Ryan was awarded a grant from Stifelsen 3,14 (Foundation 3.14), a non-profit institution in Bergen, Norway in the late 1990s. Ryan produced many sketchbook drawings from his time in Norway. He is now reworking these drawings as gouaches. This is the first gouache in Ryan's 'Norway series'- it's a dry, cold winter's day, the sun is low and is streaming through the valley. The single figure holds up a sheet of glass 'the glazier'.