Lin said that he first started to paint scenes at the China Steel Corp. Mill and its neighbor, the China Shipbuilding Corp., because he felt that they have become an inseparable part of his life.
林武雄談起他為中鋼及近鄰中國造船公司作畫的緣由，他說：「進入中鋼公司後，所見、所聽、所接觸的都是有關工業建設的事，它已經和我的生活分割不開了，所以成為我作畫的主要內容。」