Julie Bell

Julie Bell (born 1958 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American painter. A fantasy artist and wildlife artist, she is a former bodybuilder and fantasy model for her husband, painter Boris Vallejo.

Artwork

Julie Bell has painted the covers for about 100 fantasy/science fiction book and magazine covers since 1990. In the early '90s, she illustrated painted covers for video games as well as best-selling trading cards for the superheroes of Marvel and DC. She designed the award-winning "Dragons of Destiny" sculpture series, "Mistress of the Dragon's Realm" dagger series, as well as the "Temptation Rides" sculpture series produced by The Franklin Mint.

Julie and her husband, Boris Vallejo, have done many paintings for advertising campaigns such as Nike, Inc., Coca-Cola, and Toyota. She has painted the covers for 2 albums by rock-icon, Meat Loaf-Bat Out Of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose and Hang Cool Teddy Bear.

Books

Imaginistix
The Ultimate Collection
Fabulous Women
Fantasy Workshop
Sketchbook
Superheroes
Twin Visions
The Julie Bell Portfolio (2000)
Soft As Steel : The Art of Julie Bell (1999)
Hard Curves (1996)

Julie was the winner of the Chesley Award for Artistic Achievement in 2008.

She also designed the cover art for Meat Loaf's albums Bat out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose and its first single "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" and the album, "Hang Cool Teddy Bear".

In 2007, Bell and her husband Vallejo illustrated the poster for Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters.

A yearly calendar of 13 paintings by Julie Bell and Boris Vallejo is produced by Workman Publishing.