Boris Vallejo & Julie Bell Paintings Gallery, Paintings indexed by...

Cover art for the book Haesel The Slave by Dael Forest. Slaves Of The Empire series book #2, published by Ballantine 1978.

A preliminary drawing for the cover art for Haesel The Slave by Dael Forest. published by Ballantine 1978.

This painting is an illustration for the 1994 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of September.
The goddess of the moon in Phoenician mythology, Ashtaroth is represented as a beautiful female woman reclining on a crescent moon. Her cult was strongly connected to those of both Venus and Aphrodite, and like them, she represented sensuality. A second version exists as Ashtaroth

Interior illustration for the Vinetrope Adventures: Book One, Return of the Vinetropes. Written by Sherry L. Ross and illustrated throughout the book by Julie. Published by ACC Art Books Ltd.; Illustrated edition (15 Nov. 2017)

Hallucin has the power of creating wild and vivid illusions, and does so with complete and calm confidence. Julie's fantasy women may share the almost nonexistent costume of others in the genre, but they are always in control of themselves and their circumstances.

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

An illustration for the 1987 Fantasy Olympics Calendar.

This piece was part of a successful series promoting Chess King, a clothing retail chain.

An illustration for Mirage, for which Boris created many original pieces for the book, the text was done by his first wife Doris.

The album cover for Hang Cool Teddy Bear by Meat Loaf, on the Mercury (UK), Loud & Proud(US) record labels, issued in April 2010.
Julie also painted the cover for Meat Loaf's albums The Monster is Loose (2006) and Braver Than We Are (2016).

A new Commissioned collaborative painting that is a variation of Medusa Sprintime. This variation shows the model clothed.

This painting is an illustration for the 2004 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of December.
Harmony:
Now, some thousands of years later, men and women still work and play and hunt together, animal partners by their sides, in harmony . . . ever mindful, ever alert.

Cover art for the novel Hatchet by Lee McGraw, published by Ballantine/Romance 1976.

Preliminary art for the novel Hatchet by Lee McGraw, published by Ballantine/Romance 1976.

This painting is an illustration for the 1994 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of November.
A Siberian myth. The Suzle, voluptuous creatures of Siberian mythology, were hatched from eggs, and gave beauty and sensuality to the people of the earth. The Nydan, worm-like creatures with poisonous spikes, were envious of the Suzle and wanted to destroy them by making their warm hearts cold. The Nydan were eventually defeated when the envy of one of the worms turned to love, and in order to save the Suzle, it destroyed itself and all of the other Nydan.

This painting is an illustration for the 2000 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of February.
DORU'S REBIRTH: KALA'S TALE
Fresh born, Doru came forth from her egg. Many times before she had been born, the broken shell of her last life close by the one she had just shattered.

Nike Chamber of Fear - Haunted. From a series of Adverts distributed in various media forms and developed for nikebasketball.com, the Chamber of Fear was a combination of video game pop culture and RPG gameplay to promote the soon-to-be NBA sensation Lebron James

Cover art for the video game Splatter House 3 for Sega Genesis. Published by SEGA 1993.

June 1976 Issue #12 The Savage Sword Of Conan, Curtis.

This painting is an illustration for the 2018 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of May.
HAUNTING
I am haunted by your spirit; will you watch over me or do you mean me harm?

This piece was part of a successful series promoting Chess King, a clothing retail chain.

Little is known about this painting. It could be a project around the TV series Hawaii-Five-0, or perhaps a body-building promotion or even promoting Hawaii itself. There is a book titled Hawaii Three-0 by Donna Michele Ramos but this was published in 2013.

Card 9/18 of the JLA/Avengers Trading Card set. Nine of the cards combine to form a single painting by Boris Vallejo, the other nine combine to form a Jule Bell painting.
All the cards in the set were painted in 1995 but only two are dated.

Trading Card Fleer Publishing Company 1996
Hawkeye the Marksman was inspired by Iron-Man's example to don costume and fight crime. By accident, his first adventures threw him on the wrong side of the law, but once the initial misunderstanding was cleared up he was invited to join the Avengers.

Card 6/18 of the JLA/Avengers Trading Card set. Nine of the cards combine to form a single painting by Boris Vallejo, the other nine combine to form a Jule Bell painting.
All the cards in the set were painted in 1995 but only two are dated.

This painting is an illustration for the 2007 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of July.
SHE Is FOUND
...the last of the Ravenchosen, Gen'sha , flies above the devastation as she gathers her strength. She knows that soon she and the Conqueror will come to blows.

An illustration for Mirage, for which Boris created many original pieces for the book, the text was done by his first wife Doris.

This painting is an illustration for the 2013 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of April.
HEALER
I will mend your paw, but remember menfolk have cunning ways. You must take extra care when hunting them.

A painting that has not appeared in any of Boris and Julies publications, but briefly appeared on an earlier version of their website in 2012.

Originally produced for the World Of Warcraft Trading Card Game: Heroes of Azeroth (Upper Deck Entertainment). This is card #069 Holy Light used as a card in the Trading Card Game set.

Thank you to Bernard Rogers for this information who provides a better explanation on his Borisography website.

The models are the famous Barbi Twins who commissioned the painting for a calendar and were very happy with the result. Shane and Sia began modeling at the age of seven when they posed for a layout in the Sears mail-order catalogue. As adults, their career has included fashion and mainly pin-up modeling.

A cover painting for Heavy Metal magazine published November 1985.

A cover painting for Heavy Metal magazine published November 1985.

This was painted for the 1991 Mythology Calendar appearing for the month of August.

Cover art for the book The Tales of Dunk and Egg #1: The Hedge Knight by George R. R. Martin. Published by Turtleback Books. The figure on horseback is modelled by Julies son David Palumbo.

This drawing featured in Boris and Julies book Sketchbook Julie did this drawing just for fun.'Sometimes we just think of a scenario that inspires us. I Liked the macho pose here.'

Cover art for the video game Demon's Crest for New Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, SNES, Wii U. Developed by Capcom October 1994. Ron Coleman (Mr. Universe 1995) modelled as the Hellspawn character.

A drawing of a family pet, Julie did for a friend of theirs

This painting is an illustration for the 2005 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of July.
It was also sold as Tiger Girl a thousand five hundred piece jigsaw puzzle. issued by Castorland.

Cover art for the book Her Pilgrim Soul by Alan Brennert. Published by Tor Books 1990.

This painting is an illustration for the 2012 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of November.
THIEF
They may have torn my wings and nearly taken my life, but behold! The treasure which was once theirs is now mine.

This painting appeared on Julies instagram page on 20th October 2022 depicting Hera and Draco, with the sentiment 'It's about the constellation Draco, which was created by Hera, wife of Zeus and all around Mighty woman!'.

An interior illustration for the book Ladies: Retold Tales Of Goddesses And Heroines. The stories were written by Boris's first wife Doris
.Hercules is one of the best-known heroes in Greek and Roman mythology. His life was not easy?he endured many trials and completed many daunting tasks?but the reward for his suffering was a promise that he would live forever among the gods at Mount Olympus.

This painting an illustration for the 1991 Mythology Calendar, and appears for the month of January.One of the best-known heroes in Greek and Roman mythology. Hercules endured many trials and completed many daunting tasks?but the reward for his suffering was a promise that he would live forever among the gods at Mount Olympus.

Hercules is one of the best-known heroes in Greek and Roman mythology. His life was not easy?he endured many trials and completed many daunting tasks?but the reward for his suffering was a promise that he would live forever among the gods at Mount Olympus.

Cover art for the video game A Fork in the Tale for Platform. Developed by Advance Reality Interactive and published by Any River Entertainment February 28, 1997. The game itself is a full motion video (FMV) comedic adventure originally released on 5 CDs.

The album cover for Hero by Tyce Green, on the Broadway Records label, released in February 2017. Tyce Green is the first male vocalist to record with Grammy Award-winning songwriter Jim Steinman since Meat Loaf.

This painting is for the cover of 'Heroes and Villains' by Angela Carter published by Pocket Books, 1979. Boris and Danielle Anjou both model for this painting.

Cover art for the book The Heroines Sister by Frances Murray, published by Ballantine/Romance 1975.

Also titled The Bomb. Cover art for the comic/magazine Men's Adventure Comix issue #4 October 1995 published by Penthouse International.
The publishers wanted to parody a similar scene from the film Dr Strangelove in which Slim Pickens rides The Bomb to glory.

This painting is an illustration for the 1993 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of April.
The Golden Apples in the Garden of Hesperides were a wedding gift to Hera from Gaia and were protected by a great serpent called Ladon.

Cover art for the book High Couch of Silistra by Janet E Morris, published by Bantam Books/Science Fiction May 1977.

A preliminary drawing for the bok cover to High Couch of Silistra by Janet E Morris, published by Bantam Books/Science Fiction May 1977.

This painting is an illustration for the 2010 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of September.
THE VOYAGE OF CHARINEA
...Upon her reaching the top of the spire, the Great Bird Enoch greeted her with a shower of petals, signaling a prosperous future.

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.

Trading Card Comic Images 1996.
A painting of Boris wife Julie Bell. What Boris loves most about his work is the chance it provides for painting the human form. Other aspects - jewellery, fantasy landscapes and creatures - are all enjoyable, but it is the human form toned to perfection that is his chief passion. So he took as much pleasure from this painting, stripped of setting and narrative, as he did from many of his more fantastic pictures.

This painting is an illustration for the 1992 Mythology Calendar, and appears for the month of March. Both Phoenician and Greek mythology recognize Hippocampus as the creature said to have the head and front legs of a horse and the tail & hindquarter of a serpent or a fish. The chariot of Poseidon was drawn by a Hippocampus. Other gods of the sea are often shown or riding on these animals.

An illustration for the 2000 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of November.
The Magician
The surviving Skek returned to their fallen ship, finished Kala, but they could do nothing. Their horde vessel was shattered. Without its central mind, the creatures fell into chaos, destroying each other in bloody madness.

Painting created for SkyBox Master Series?. Creator's Edition Trading Cards. 1995. Boris Vallejo in a frisky mood. 'He has a great sense of humour and is not at all afraid to play up to the camera. He also makes a great model because he knows exactly what I'm looking for.'

This painting is an illustration for the 1996 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of February.
Mormak was a minor god created by a goddess as her mate. But he was not happy with his rank and power, and warred on the goddesses of a hundred worlds. All are now locked up in the Place of Neither Entrance Nor Exit. During the war, Mormak enlisted Rekmall, a refugee shape-shifter from the Universe of Never-Ending War. What Mormak does not know is that Rekmall is really Raltarnee. She's been amusing herself by helping him in his war, but soon...

Cover art for the video game Les Manley: Lost in LA a DOS adventure game, developed by Accolade, designed by Steve Cartwright and published by Accolade in 1991. The game is part of the Les Manley series.

An illustration for Mirage, for which Boris created many original pieces for the book, the text was done by his first wife Doris.

A preliminary illustration Hookah for Mirage, for which Boris created many original pieces for the book, the text was done by his first wife Doris.

Interior illustration for the Vinetrope Adventures: Book One, Return of the Vinetropes. Written by Sherry L. Ross and illustrated throughout the book by Julie. Published by ACC Art Books Ltd.; Illustrated edition (15 Nov. 2017)

This painting an illustration for the 1991 Mythology Calendar, and appears for the month of June.

Cover art for the book Sharing Knife: Horizon by Lois McMaster Bujold. Published by Eos / HarperCollins February 2009.

Julie posted Wheee! Kicking up some dust and having some fun with this horse painting experiment!`
NOTE: I have given the painting this title as the real title is unknown. Posted on Instagram 13th November 2020.

A horse head study done in coloured pencil taken from Julies Moleskine sketchbook.

A beautiful painting by Julie of three horses posted on Boris & Julies facebook page 5th November 2012.

Boris loves pencil drawing ing because it is 'almost instant gratification.' In this case, though, the person who commissioned the drawing had to wait months, because it kept being pushed aside by more commercial deadlines.

This painting is an illustration for the 1996 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of June.
The Unicorn is a legendary creature that appears in many cultures. In European folklore, the Unicorn is often depicted as a white horse-like or goat-like animal with a long spiraling horn, cloven hooves, and sometimes a goat's beard.

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

Cover art for the comic/magazine Chaos! Quarterly: Lady Demon issue #2 published by Chaos Oct 1995.

Featured in a magazine Southwest Art in an article titled Julie Bell | In Nature’s Flow October 16, 2017.

Dr. Robert Bruce Banner is normally a physically weak, socially withdrawn, and emotionally reserved physicist was accidently exposed to gamma rays. Now when he becomes enraged, he transforms into The Hulk a green-skinned, hulking and muscular humanoid possessing a vast degree of physical strength. The two exist as independent dissociative personalities, and resent each other.

A retelling of Dr. Jekyll (Dr. Robert Bruce Bannernormally) and Mr. Hyde (The Hulk). he two exist as independent dissociative personalities, and resent each other.

A preliminary study by Julie of the superhero character Hulk.

One of the illustrations for the 1996 Marvel Masters Trading Card sets.
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) is a member the Fantastic Four. When their rocket project was axed by the government, they took the ship out for a premature trial run. It crashed and when they emerged from the wreckage they found that radiation had given them superpowers.

This simple but well executed painting was done as a private piece for Boris' own enjoyment.

This painting is an illustration for the 2008 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of April.
THE HUNT
'Now they play a much larger, much more dangerous game.'

This painting is an illustration for the 2011 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of January.
HUNTING PARTY
Now matched up with the griffins who would be her loyal companions for the rest of her life, Clemma felt no fear as she patrolled the skies for the first time.

Julie did just one fruitful photo-shoot with this model Ms Olympia Lenda Murray, almost every shot became the basis of a painting.

A limted edition (1500 copies) prize poster that could be claimed by fortunate collectors on finding a redemption card among their packs of the 1995 Hyborian Gates card game.

This painting is an illustration for the 1992 Fantasy Calendar, and appears for the month of August. The Hydra is a gigantic water-snake-like monster with nine heads (the number varies), one of which was immortal. The monster?s would periodically emerge from the marshes of Lerna to harry people and livestock. Anyone who attempted to behead the Hydra found that as soon as one head was cut off, two more heads would emerge from the fresh wound.

Nothing is known about the purpose of this painting which is available as a print from Boris and Julies website. Possibly a character from an RPG?