Julie Bell | |
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 Bell in April 2005 | |
| Born | (1958-10-21)October 21, 1958 (age 66) Beaumont, Texas, U.S.[1] |
| Website | juliebell |
Julie Bell (born October 21, 1958) is an American fine artist, illustrator, photographer, bodybuilder and wildlife painter. Bell is also a fantasy artist and a representative of the heroic fantasy and fantastic realism genres. Bell has wonChesley Awards[2] and was the designer of the Dragons of Destiny series. She also won first place awards in the Art Renewal Center International Salon, which bestowed on her the title "ARC Living Master".[3][4]
Bell was born on October 21, 1958, inBeaumont, Texas. She attended five different high schools, studying painting and drawing.[5]
In her youth, she was fond ofbodybuilding. She took part in various competitions and received national recognition, which later influenced her to portray beautiful and muscular women.[5]In 1978, Bell married writer and academic Donald E. Palumbo.[6] During their eleven-year marriage, she gave birth to two sons, Anthony andDavid Palumbo, who subsequently also became professional artists. In 1989, she metBoris Vallejo, whom she later married.
Bell has painted the cover illustrations of more than 100 fantasy and science fiction books and magazines since 1990.[7]
In the early 1990s, she illustrated painted covers for video games as well as best-selling trading cards for the superheroes ofMarvel andDC. A cover art image from theSegaGame Gear video gameAx Battler: A Legend of Golden Axe would depict the semi-barbaric world that the game took place in; thus being entitledSavage Land by Bell herself.[8] 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 byThe Franklin Mint.[citation needed] Her art was also featured in the 1995 card gameHyborian Gates.[9]
She designed the cover art forMeat Loaf's 2006 albumBat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose as well as its first single "It's All Coming Back to Me Now".[10]
In 2007, Bell and Vallejo illustrated the poster forAqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters.[11]
In the 2012-2013 Art Renewal Center (ARC) International Salon, Bell won "the most awards in any one competition ARC has ever held", including First Place in the Imaginative Realist Category, First and Third Place in the Animal Category, Best Portrait Runner Up, two purchase awards, and two additional honorable mentions.[12] It was in 2013 that Bell was awarded the aforementioned "Living Master" title by ARC, that organization's highest artist designation.[13]
In November 2015, she was awarded the Mountain Oyster Club's Denise McCalla Memorial Top Choice Award.
Bell shares her studio inPennsylvania with her husband, renowned fantasy artistBoris Vallejo.
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