During his after-school hours, however, he painted works based on trading and fishing activities, and such scenes as seagulls flying across the harbor at sunset.
基隆，海洋學院所在地，一個經常停泊著各式船隻的港口，立即吸引了來自鄉間的林武雄。上大學後，他開始在課餘閒暇背著畫架去捕捉屬於港灣的特有景觀。那段時期，郵輪、商船、漁舟、船員、甚至翱翔於落日餘暉的三、五海鷗，都被他透過彩筆，留影於畫布之中。