Conan Saga Cover Painting by Barry Smith

A collector friend offered to introduce me to Barry Windsor Smith at the New York City Comicon many years ago. He even asked Barry to bring some of the paintings from the Conan Saga covers as we were both interested in buying one. We both wanted the painting for number #4 but Barry wasn't selling. My friend ended up with the first cover painting (yeah, I wanted that one too)and I ended up with this. This was a large painting and was a centerpiece of my collection hanging in my living room for years.