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Julie Riker is a native of central Pennsylvania, a graduate of Cumberland Valley High School, and the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts. In 1991, she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts with emphasis on Painting and Illustration from the University of the Arts (formerly Philadelphia College of Art). After graduation she worked as a decorator in the historic restoration of the Pennsylvania State Capitol, where she was involved for 5 years replicating original decorative finishes, stenciling, and applying gold leaf and ornamental plaster finishes.
In 1996 Julie started her own business creating artwork commissioned for individual homes and businesses. While she continues to create fine art paintings in her Camp Hill studio, she specializes in decorative painting, murals, and faux finishes for walls and furniture.
Julie created and painted wall finishes for the PA Governor's Residence in the State Reception Rooms in 2002. Her work can also be seen at Gabriella Italian Restaurant in Harrisburg, Saint Margaret Mary Catholic Church, in Harrisburg, St. James Catholic Church in Lititz, Sharon Lutheran Church in Selingsgrove, and the Lebanon Country Club, in Lebanon, PA.
An award winning painter, Julie won First Place in the Quick Draw event for Camp Hill's Plein Air Competition in 2011. That same year her painting "Irises" was accepted into Pennsylvania's Art of the State Exhibit.
She is currently President of the Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters, an instructor at the Mechanicsburg Art Center, and member of the Daily Painters of Pennsylvania and the Harrisburg Art Association.
