An Artist's Freedom — John Muir

An aboriginal artist paints his life and soul on canvas, then loses the painting. While he can see the painting, he is unable to recover it, and therefore is unable to leave the area until he is reunited with it. The events of daily life continue around him as he ekes out a living, all the while wanting to touch his artwork again. A 2,000 + word short story from the collection "Short Shorts & Longer Tales".