Also known as 5000 Volts Cover art for the book Battletech #24: D.R.T. by James Long. Published by Penguin/Roc Books/Science Fiction May 1st 1994. BattleTech Universe #24. The model being tasered is Ron Coleman a competitive bodybuilder and eight times winner of Mr Olympia from 1998 to 2005.

To avoid copyright infringement, this famous fictional characters name is not mentioned.

This painting is an illustration for the 2006 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of September.
Turning Point
Suddenly, Tamar found herself back in the barren land of her captors, her body bound, unable to use her magic powers to free herself. Was that steel skeletal knight part of the evil that threatened them? Or could it be West?

A preliminary drawing by Julie probably for the Marvel Trading Card illustration Rogue Flying.

Aegis Entertainment. dba Wildstorm Productions 1995.
In the 1970s, Jackson Dane was a Green Beret who was recruited into a special ops team known as Team-7. During one of their missions the group was deliberately exposed to a mutagenic substance known as the Gen Factor, which unleashed psychic abilities in the whole squad.

A figure study of the character Dane were done for Wildstorm Productions

A little 6x9 oil painting. First shown on Julies Instagram page.

This piece may have been one of two submissions for the cover of Conan And The Treasure Of Python published by Tor books., I can find no evidence that it was used. According to Hard Curves The female character is modelled by an unidentified Shakespearean Actress, and Darryl James poses as Conan as in Conan And The Treasure Of Python.

Based on a photograph of the artist and Boris Vallejo taken around the time of their marriage. Oil and Acrylic 11 x 15 inches.

Preliminary cover art for the book Star-Wars Episode I: Dangers Of The Core by Jim Thomas. Published by Random House Books.

Final cover art for the book Star-Wars Episode I: Dangers Of The Core by Jim Thomas. Published by Random House Books.

A drawing of Danu an obscure figure ancestral figure of Irish mythology.

Trading Card Fleer Publishing Company 1996 Marvel Characters.
Matthew Michael Murdock is a man who had been blinded as a young boy by a radioactive substance that fell into his eyes from a crashed vehicle, and even though he lost his sight, his other four remaining senses were heightened to superhuman levels.

Trading Card Fleer Publishing Company 1996 Marvel Characters.
Matthew Michael Murdock is a lawyer by day with his law firm Nelson and Murdock, and a vigilante at night known as Daredevil. Murdock's actions as a crime fighter had eventually put him into conflict with a crime lord named Wilson Fisk.

At the suggestion of Scott Usher at Greenwich Workshop, Julie decided to try out painting some horses. This is another from her growing collection.

This was an early figure study that was later completed as a fantasy picture. Oil and Acrylic 15 x 20 inches.

A promotional poster given away by The Coca-Cola Company

Preliminary art based on the Star Wars Triliogy for a promotional poster given away by The Coca-Cola Company.

One of the illustrations for the Lois & Clark - The New Adventures of Superman Trading Card sets. Superman (Clark Kent) hides his identity and dresses as Superman when fighting crime. He lives in Metropolis, working as a journalist for the Daily Planet. He has a girlfriend, fellow journalist Lois Lane.

August 1974 Issue #6 Vampire Tales, Marvel

Cover art for the book Daughter of Ireland by Juilene Osborne-McKnight. Published by Tor Books March 2003.

Julies son David Palumbo modelled for this painting. He himself is a professional artist.

Done for a British corporate advertising campaign under the name Energy Beats Everything for Lucozade energy drink launched 23 April 2018. The bible story tells how a Philistine giant named Goliath was defeated by the young David in single combat using only a sling and (some scholars disagree) a bottle of Lucozade.

Cover art for the novel Davy by Edgar Pangborn, published by Ballantine/Science Fiction May 1976. Oil painting on illustration board 16 x 26 inches.

Preliminary art for the novel Davy by Edgar Pangborn, published by Ballantine/Science Fiction May 1976. Oil painting on illustration board 16 x 26 inches.

This painting is an illustration for the 1994 Mythology Calendar, and appears on the cover and the month of July.
Freya rules over her heavenly field, Folkvangr, where she receives half of those who die in battle. The other half go to the god Odin's hall, Valhalla.

This painting is an illustration for the 2018 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of June.
DAWN OF DRAGONS
On the Cliffs of Fire, our powers will be tested against the dark forces. Only the strongest will survive.

Franklin Mint wanted a second, more acceptable version of Good Vs Evil. Of this. Boris says 'They're supposed to be fighting, but I don't know it doesn't really look like that. Being a Large corporation, the Franklin Mint has often over-managed their artists, trying to second guess the audience.'

This painting is an illustration for the 2013 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of September.
ESCAPE
As we flee to a new world, we must not forget the real though dangerous beauty of the last.

Julie decided to try out painting some horses at the suggestion of Scott Usher at Greenwich Workshop.

This amusing painting was created for Games Magazine.

A wolfs head in watercolour measuring 10 x 14 inches, Watercolour on paper. Posted on Instagram APRIL 23, 2018

One of six pieces drawn for the portfolio 'Midnight Angels' a 1200 limited edition set. Some of the drawings were later developed for the book Mirage.

Designed as a trading card for the Fleer Publishing Company.
Dazzler, formerly known as Disco Dazzler, was briefly a member of the X-Men before going on to lead the Rebel Underground in Mojoworld. Her talent is converting sound into light.

Cover art for the book Dead by Day by Charlaine Harris. Published by Science Fiction Book Club May 2005.

Painting created for SkyBox Master series?. Creator's Edition Trading Cards. 1995. Chances to do cheerful characters are quite rare in this line of work so it was a pleasure when this one came along, particularly as this kind of jaunty pose best suited the model. Oil and Acrylic 11 x 15 inches.

Cover art for the book Dead in Dixie by Charlaine Harris. Published by Science Fiction Book Club May 2003.

One of the paintings for Tarot, a project Julie began with The Emperor in 2001, Boris added this painting Death to the project, even with Julies sons David and Anthony Palumbo helping out progress was slow. The Vallejo/Palumbo team finally gained the impetus to complete the project when beginning in November 2007 Heavy Metal Magazine featured four Tarot paintings per issue over the next twenty-two issues, ending in May 2011.

My best guess, this is another unpublished sample ported by Boris trying to get into paperback cover illustrations. This would date it to 1967.

A signed sketch dated 2012, possibly commissioned by a fan at a Convention

Cover art for the book Death Riders of Hel written under the pseudonym of Asa Drake Published by Questar/Fantasy. book #1 of the bloodsong saga. The title was republished in 2000, renamed Death Riders under the authors real name of C. Dean Anderson, this version was published by Hawk Publishing Group 28th April 2000.

Preliminary art for the movie series Deathstalker this one is fourth film Match of the Titansproduced in Argentina during the 1980's.

A poster for the an international co-production between Argentina and the United States. The first in a series of four films about the Deathstalker character and his adventures, and the first of ten movies that Roger Corman produced in Argentina during the 1980's.

A poster for the an international co-production between Argentina and the United States. The second in a series of four films about the Deathstalker character and his adventures, and the first of ten movies that Roger Corman produced in Argentina during the 1980's.

A poster for the an international co-production between Argentina and the United States. The third in a series of four films about the Deathstalker character and his adventures, and the first of ten movies that Roger Corman produced in Argentina during the 1980's.

A poster for the an international co-production between Argentina and the United States. The first in a series of four films about the Deathstalker character and his adventures, and the first of ten movies that Roger Corman produced in Argentina during the 1980's.

This painting is an illustration for the 1998 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of May.
A portrait of Debbie Kruck, a fitness contestant with many titles to her name. This fantasy emerged which at first seems a contrast or even clash between the primeval foreground and the towering modern city beyond. Then one notices that it is crumbling and the bridge has collapsed and been overtaken by moss.

A portrait of Debbie and her horse Candy

I found this painting on the internet, I'm unsure if it's an authentic variation of Julie's painting Debbies Candy or someones clever attempt to superimpose their face over the original painting.

This painting is an illustration for the 2002 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of October.
The Decision:
You were in Fate's company and your decisions would comfort and save you, or leave your skeletons scattered across the planet. We had made our last decision for you. Once again, humanity was on its own.

Cover art for the book Deep Secret by Diana Wynne Jones. Published by Tor Books March 1999.
Julie's son, David, modelled for the centaur, her other son, Anthony, posed for the young man embarking on the path and the one in the leather jacket is a friend of theirs. Julie herself posed for the female.

A three piece trading card set that combine to form a single picture of the Star Trek Deep Space Nine Crew.

Straight wildlife painting is something Julie would happily do much more of. although not to the exclusion of her usual work. She came across this deer in a local wildlife reserve.

According tp Julies art book Soft As Steel this painting was a book cover for Tor Books, but I have been unable to match it to any title.

A limited edition of 2000 Keepsake posters titled The Green Princess. Published by Mylos Press in 1976. My copy is numbered 1999/2000!

Book cover. Tor Books. At first glance, this heroine looks like a really strong character, then you realize she is maybe not all that quick on the uptake, although adorably cute... Her robot companion looks perhaps a bit brighter, though hardly the most reassuring companion in a fight. Julie used her friend Marla Duncan as the model.

A 500 Limited printers proof collectable lithograph, published by Gifted Images Publishing

This is one of the original paintings and drawings Boris created to illustrate Ladies: Retold Tales Of Goddesses And Heroines. The stories were written by his first wife Doris.

A drawing by Boris depicting Princess Deja Thoris, a character from Edgar Rice Burroughs John Carter of Mars series of novels. I have dated it at as 2008 but this is almost certainly wrong.

Cover art for the game Demise, also a poster contained within the box

An illustration for the book Enchantment The stories were by Doris Valljeo and the illustrations by Boris Vallejo.

This looks like it could be a book cover. Despite a lot of research I can't find any reference to it, or any books of the period with this image on the cover.

Cover art for the book Demon In The Mirror by J Andrew Offut and Richard K Lyon Pocket Books/Science Fiction published 1977. Oil painting on illustration board 17 x 26 inches.

Cover art for the video game Defenders Of Oasis for Sega Game Gear. Developed by SEGA.

Cover art for the book Demon Night book two in the Red Sonja series by David C Smith & Richard L Tierney, published by Ace Books/Fantasy.

Trading Card Fleer Publishing Company 1996 Marvel Characters.
Ogun was a ninja and at one time Wolverine's mentor. He was a strong telepath and has been shown to match Wolverine in agility and fighting skills.

Another collaborative commissioned painting. First shown on Boris's Instagram page.

Cover art for the book Demons a novel in the Star Trek series by J.M. Dillard, published by Timescape Pocket Books/Science Fiction July 1986. Pocket TOS Novel #30.

An original drawing created to illustrate Ladies: Retold Tales Of Goddesses And Heroines. The stories were written by Boris's first wife Doris. This is the second illustration for the story Eurydice.

A portrait by Julie of her daughter-in-law, David Palumbos wife Dena Obaza. Posted instagem APRIL 19, 2020

Little is known about this painting. It's possibly another denim advertisement for Corniche clothing company.

Also titled Time is a Dream, this painting is an illustration for the 1995 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of July.
This painting was also used as box art for the Boris with Julie All Chromium trading cards by Comic Images.

Cover art for the Edgar Rice Burroughs book The Deputy Sheriff Of Comanche County published by Ace Books/Western. Published 1975.

Preliminary art for the Edgar Rice Burroughs book The Deputy Sheriff Of Commanche County published by Ace Books/Western. Published 1975.

Posted on Julies instagram page 15th October 2018.

This is an illustration for a series of Fantasy Collector's Knives, issued by Franklin Mint. The paintings were printed onto the cast-metal knives. For this project Boris could have turned to mythology to depict these goddesses, as he has often done before, but he preferred not to tie them to any particular culture.

This image, was first conceived as a painting for a Franklin Mint pocket knife. Here we see it redrawn for a sculpture concept. It was eventually used a third time for the handle of a collectable sword.

One of the paintings for Tarot, a project Julie began with The Emperor in 2001, Boris added his painting Death to the project, even with Julies sons David and Anthony Palumbo helping out progress was slow. The Vallejo/Palumbo team finally gained the impetus to complete the project when beginning in November 2007 Heavy Metal Magazine featured four Tarot paintings per issue over the next twenty-two issues, ending in May 2011.

Promotional art for the role-playing game Diablo IV developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. The fourth installment in the Diablo franchise. It was released for various platforms in 2021.

Promotional art for the role-playing game Diablo III developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. The third installment in the Diablo franchise. It was released for various platforms in September 2013.

Art for a poster advertising the Diamond Gym. Boris was at one time a keen body-builder and did many such Advert Posters for local Gyms.

Art for a poster advertising the Diamond Gym. Boris was at one time a keen body-builder and did many such Advert Posters for local Gyms.

This painting an illustration for the 1989 Mythology Calendar, and appears for the month of March.

According to Roman mythology, Diana was the daughter of Jupiter and Latona, and twin of the god of light, Apollo. Perhaps the most famous myth about Diana involves the hunter Actaeon. Actaeon stumbled upon Diana bathing naked and, when the goddess saw him watching her, she turned him into a stag and set his own hunting dogs after him.

a watercolor and colored pencil painting which arrived on Julies instagram page 19th December 2022, Measuring 14 x 10 inches.

This painting is a variation of the painting B-34 Tyrannosaurus Rex which does not include the female figure, 1995 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of August.

Cover art for the book Diosa by Charles Rigdon, published by Pocket Books/Adventure 1978. Oil painting on illustration board 16 x 26 inches.

A two-page illustration for the National Lampoon magazine pages 90 and 91, May 1976. The Discovery of America (c. 1000 A.D.)

This painting is an illustration for the 2001 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of September.
The Guide
No longer giving orders, she follows her creation's guidance. After only a short while, the dwarf brings her to a spot she had gazed upon often, but not truly seen until that moment.

The center-piece of the 2015 Fantasy Calendar.

This painting was specially commissioned for the 1987 Fantasy Olympics Calendar, and appears for the month of October.

A large collaborative painting (60x48 inches) painted to celebrate Earth Day 2005, also features as an illustration for the 2007 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of August.retitled as DISGUISED
. She molts animal forms so rapidly that her foe cannot find her among the teeming wildlife. Sensing that she is unwilling to attack him and bored with her childish game of shapeshifting, the Conqueror leaves.

This painting is an illustration for the 2003 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of December.
Two versions of this painting exist. This one has the woman clothed so that it is suitable for the calendar.

This painting is an original illustration for the 1987 Fantasy Olympics Calendar, and appears for the month of June.

Interior illustration for the book Achilles Choice by Larry Niven & Stephen Barnes, published by Tor Books/Science Fiction 1991.

Domino chose her own name mainly because of her chalk-white skin and the black mark around her left eye, both of which are natural. But she does also have a certain unconscious talent for tilting the balance of luck in her own favour and against her opponents. She is a formidable marksman and also often uses a staff that discharges blasts of some undetermined form of energy.

Interior illustration for the book Achilles Choice by Larry Niven & Stephen Barnes, published by Tor Books/Science Fiction 1991.

This painting is of Boris' first wife Doris Vallejo possibly to be included or to promote their book Enchantment, which was published in the same year.

Portrait of Doris Vallejo, Boris' first wife.

Cover art for the book Double Moon Night by Gentry Lee. Published by Bantam Spectra Books March 1999. credits; BORIS?98 is on the cover.

Prliminary art for the cover of Double Moon Night by Gentry Lee, published by Bantam Spectra March 1999.

Trading Card Fleer Publishing Company 1996
.Doctor Doom has always had his sights set on world domination, over-compensating for his difficult childhood to become one of the world's most brilliant scientists.

The model for this painting was Julies children's doctor. Julie nervously added the flash effect after completing the main figure.

Trading Card Fleer Publishing Company 1996.
Dr Strange was originally a brilliant but vain surgeon who suddenly became a much nicer person when he lost his talent. Deprived of the skill of his fingers, he turned to magic and developed an even greater skill at that, which he uses to defend the world against the dark forces of the occult.

Cover art for the book Dracula by Bram Stoker. Published by Tor Books 1992. This is the original version of the painting without the female character.
Count Dracula is vampire character from the 1897 Gothic horror novel which established many conventions for subsequent vampire fantasies.

This is a variant to the original cover art for the book Dracula. Boris added the girl to this version.
Count Dracula is vampire character from the 1897 Gothic horror novel which established many conventions for subsequent vampire fantasies.

As this painting appears on the January cover, it was probably painted in nov/dec the previous year. January 1973 Issue #1 Dracula Lives, Marvel.

Cover art for the book Dragon by Jane Gaskill, published by Pocket Books/Fantasy 1978. Oil painting on illustration board 20 x 30 inches.

Design for a decal to go on the trunk of a miniature Chevrolet car produced by the Franklin Mint. One pleasure in working for the Franklin Mint is the freedom to design with very few limitations.

Preliminary cover art for the book Dragon by Jane Gaskill, published by Pocket Books/Fantasy 1978

This 16”x20 inch painting was exhibited at Illuxcon.

Preliminary cover art for the book Dragon by Jane Gaskill, published by Pocket Books/Fantasy 1978

Comes as a certificate with the Midnight Angels portfolio. Also coloured cover art for Comic Features magazine #3 June 1980.

Cover art for the book The Dragon and the Fair Maid of Kent by Gordon R. Dickson. Published by Tor Books October 2000.
Julie loved the chance to inject a bit of humour into the picture the young prince seething with jealousy as his lover allows herself to be seduced by the dragon's smoothtalking.

This painting is different to the published book cover. A novel The Dragon and the George by Gordon Dickson published by Ballantine 1976. Oil on artboard 16 x 23 inches.

A preliminary drawing for the book cover. The Dragon and the George by Gordon Dickson published by Ballantine 1976. Oil on artboard 16 x 23 inches.

The final painting was modified from this drawing at the request of the author (Gordon Dickson ). He felt the heroine should be more moderately dressed if she was to adorn the book cover of his novel The Dragon and the George published by Ballantine.

This painting is the one chosen to be the book cover for the novel The Dragon and the George by Gordon Dickson published by Ballantine. Oil on artboard 16 x 26 inches.

Cover art for the book Dragon Knight #7: The Dragon and the Gnarly King by Gordon R Dickson. Published by Tor Books August 1st 1997.

Cover art for the video game King Of Dragons for Super Nintendo . Published by Capcom. Oil and Acrylic 30 x 20 inches.

Julie recently revisited her fantasy motorcycle concept with a new version. 'I made it much more badass'.

A signed drawing by Boris for a guest attending the 2011 Dragon Con.

A drawing for a fan at Dragon Con 2011. Boris and Julie always enjoy meeting a fan. The first science fiction convention that Boris attended was the Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Exposition in Tucson, Arizona in 1977.

Julies aim with this painting was to capture a sense of mutual power, that brings the dragon tattoo to life with their dance. Oil on Acrylic 15 x 20 inches.

Cover art for the book The Dragon in Lyonesse: Dragon Knight #8 by Gordon R. Dickson. Published by Tor Books October 1st 1998.. Oils, 20 x 15 in (51 x 38 cm)
The picture title is simply the brief given to Julie ? the publishers wanted a happy dragon in the morning sky over the English coast. Never having visited England, this required a little imagination but it hit the right spot.

Cover art for the second book in the Dagon Knight series The Dragon Knight by Gordon R Dickson. Published by Tor Books 1990.

Cover art for the book The Dragon of Despair by Jane Lindskold. Published by Tor Books August 2003.
Julie says of this painting 'I feel very connected to this character. She's very natural and wild, like the wolf, and I put a lot of myself into her. I even painted her in my own clothes.' This painting was where Julie discovered her love for painting animals, wolves in particular.

The concept art from another of Julie's successful Franklin Mint lines: dragons with crystal balls.

The idea here is that the dragon in the foreground is standing guard over the gems springing up out of the ground, while the other two dance playfully in the sky.

This painting illustrates the story Dragon Prince, for the book Enchantment, for which Boris created the original artwork, whilst Doris (his first wife) wrote the stories.

Cover art for the book Dragon Rigger by Jeffery A Carver. Published by Tor Books/Science Fiction 1993. Book #3 in the Star Rigger series.

This painting is an illustration for the 2015 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of April.
THE CONSORTIUM
Though Mother Earth is unlike us, she has proven to be an invaluable ally. I bring her before you because she seeks the Blessing of the Dragons. Posted on facebook 16 July 2012

This painting an illustration for the 1990 Mythology Calendar, and appears for the month of December.

An illustration for the book Enchantment The stories were by Doris Valljeo and the illustrations by Boris Vallejo.

This painting is an illustration for the 2022 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of July.