Lin recalls that he once had a painting of deer at Songshan Airport that was one story high and about four meters long. "Today, I don't know what has become of it," he says. "It makes me very sad." When talking about the paintings that got away, Lin sounds like a parent describing a dear child who has been away from home for many years.
林玉山記得，在松山機場他曾有一幅一層樓高，大約有十二尺長的水鹿畫作，「如今，不知道那裡去了，真是非常掛念，」說起畫作，林玉山那不捨得的語氣，彷彿像在思念一個離家多年的孩子一般。