Lena Cronqvist is one of Sweden's greatest contemporary painters, whose pictures have aroused great engagement and interest in the public. Lena Cronqvist has depicted life's drama in small and large ways. It is often about identity, about being a child and being a parent, taking care of and being taken care of. In this film from 1989, we follow along during an exhibition at the Art Academy, which becomes a success and after only fifteen minutes, all the pictures are sold out.