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'I chose to travel to and from Finland by cargo boat from Hull – from the point of view of both economy and interest – and these sea voyages proved an excellent, absorbing and pleasant way of journeying to and from Finland. I left Hull aboard the Baltic Enterprise on 9th October 1978 and we sailed over the North Sea and through the Kattegat between Sweden and Denmark in unexpected warm sunshine and over calm seas. This delightful and unseasonal warm sunny weather continued for my first few days in Helsinki and after visiting the island fortress of Suomenlinna and Sauräsaari, the outdoor folk museum, I suffered from mosquito bites – an infliction I had not come prepared for in a Finnish October [...] I travelled to the island of Hailuoto in the North of the Gulf of Bothnia to an old wooden schoolhouse where five Finnish artists had studios and living accommodation and where two of them, Jaakko Sievänen’s ex students, were living and working – so I spent 12 days there, which was an extremely interesting and enjoyable part of my whole Finnish visit and the best opportunity I had for getting some work done. I had the chance to visit several homes on Hailuoto where I made some of my drawings.'
Report on Visit to Finland on Gillies Award, 1978