Julie Bell
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- Not to be confused with geneticist Julia Bell.
Julie Bell (born 1958 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American fantasy/science fiction painter. She is a former bodybuilder and fantasy model for her husband, painter Boris Vallejo.
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[edit] Artwork
Julie Bell has painted the covers for about 100 fantasy/science fiction book and magazine covers since 1990. In the early 90's, she illustrated painted covers for video games as well as many trading cards for the superheroes of Marvel and DC. She designed the 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. One of her most famous and recognized artwork is Lilandra, which has been used as the cover for 'The Julie Bell Portfolio' and reprinted in several of her books. She and her husband, Boris Vallejo, have done many paintings for advertising campaigns such as Nike, Inc., Coca-Cola, and Toyota.
[edit] Books
She also designed the cover art for Meat Loaf's album Bat out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose and its first single "It's All Coming Back to Me Now".
In 2007, Bell and her husband Vallejo illustrated the poster for Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters.[1]
[edit] Personal life
Bell and Vallejo reside in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She has two sons, Anthony Palumbo and David Palumbo, both of whom are also professional painters.