Nimue, by Barry Windsor-Smith.

“Men and Hats”, by Barry Windsor-Smith.

This is yet another example of why I revere BWS. It is more of a sequential meditation than anything. It is figure work, conflict, and a work based more on feeling than on direct narrative. This is a piece of artwork in the form of a 5 page comic book. Interpretation is left up to the viewer. Barry has never explained it, and it does not need an explanation. Barry is a fine artist who used comic books as his chosen medium off and on for about 25-30 years.

Poetry by Barry Windsor Smith, 1999

Opus 2 p. 178-179 (1999)

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Lower resolution image with better color and to confirm the artist’s composition. At first, it seemed cropped but clearly he knew what he was doing.

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The prelims:

some paintings by Barry Windsor-Smith.

“Dancers”, by Barry Windsor-Smith. 

*these were published on pages 132-134 of Opus II*

“a Dream of Golden Days”, by Barry Windsor-Smith.

“Alita Aldu”, Barry Windsor-Smith.

this was published in Opus 1.

drawings by Barry Windsor-Smith.

a Dream of Golden Days, by Barry Windsor-Smith.

Here’s a good process post on that Barry Windsor-Smith Opus cover I posted this morning. 

Here’s a link to the “File Finds” section on his website.

BWS in B&W.

“Men and Hats”, by Barry Windsor-Smith.

This is yet another example of why I revere BWS. It is more of a sequential meditation than anything. It is figure work, conflict, and a work based more on feeling than on direct narrative. This is a piece of artwork in the form of a 5 page comic book. Interpretation is left up to the viewer. Barry has never explained it, and it does not need an explanation. Barry is a fine artist who used comic books as his chosen medium off and on for about 25-30 years.

“Odalisque”, by Barry Windsor-Smith