- Julie Bell
:"Not to be confused with geneticist
Julia Bell ."Julie Bell (born 1958 inBeaumont, Texas ) is an American painter. A fantasy artist, she is a formerbodybuilder and fantasy model for her husband, painterBoris Vallejo .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 , andToyota .Alleged plagiarism of Bell's work
In 2003, a
Flash animation slideshow titled [http://www.geocities.com/familyartcorner/ Family Art Corner] was releasedanonymous ly, alleging that a woman named Jan McRae hadplagiarized the work of many artists, including Bell, for reproduction inproselytization tracts printed by theChildren of God cult. [ [http://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Plagiarized_art Plagiarized art] at xFamily.org] Bell's works, "Archangel II", "Expedition", "Rogue", and "Princess Mustang" were compared in the slideshow, as were many works by Bell's husband, Boris Vallejo. After the slideshow was released,Karen Zerby , leader of the Children of God acknowledged that McRae had copied the work of others, as did McRae herself, and McRae admitted wrongdoing. [ [http://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Which_Comes_First:_The_Revelation_or_the_Artwork%3F Which Comes First: The Revelation or the Artwork?] , xFamily.org]Books
* "The Julie Bell Portfolio" (2000)
* "Soft As Steel : The Art of Julie Bell" (1999)
* "Hard Curves" (1996)She also designed the cover art for
Meat Loaf 's album "" 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 ". [cite web| title = Posterwire.com: King of the Mountain | url=http://www.posterwire.com/archives/2007/03/05/king-of-the-mountain/]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.References
External links
* [http://www.imaginistix.com/ Julie Bell Official Web Site] .
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