Since 1978 Shaw has painted more than 500 book and magazine covers, including covers for books by such science fiction luminaries as Isaac Asimov, C. J. Cherryh, Larry Niven, and Frederik Pohl. His work includes more than 20 cover paintings for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Beside his paintings he works with sculpture materials.
In addition to work for various publishing companies, Shaw freelances as a graphic artist and 3D animation consultant for various U.S. government and private sector clients, including DARPA, the U.S. Army and the National Reconnaissance Office. His oeuvre is distinguished for its eclectic style, surrealistic overtones and crystalline rendering.
The artist credits author Harlan Ellison for giving him his start in the business when he invited Shaw to paint cover illustrations for 16 paperback editions of Ellison's books. 
In 1995, Paper Tiger Books published a compilation of Shaw's artwork entitled Electric Dreams: The Art of Barclay Shaw (ISBN 1-85028-364-8), with an introduction by Ellison.
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