1607 19th Street, Bakersfield, CA 93301 - (661) 869-2320
SISSY ULLMANN and ANTHONY ZIMMERILI are both Featured Artists at the Bakersfield Art Center for the month of February 2025 in our newly painted and refreshed gallery!
A reception will be held at the Bakersfield Art Center on first Friday, February 7 from 6 to 8 PM. The gallery is located at 1607 19th St., Bakersfield. This is free and open to the public.
Sissy Ullmann was born in Thailand and has lived in Bakersfield since 1974.
She considers herself a landscape painter whose medium is oil paint on canvas.
Although Sissy has only been a professional artist for 10 years, as a child she was constantly drawing and continued to do so as an adult.
She says that it is important to her that anyone looking at her work can feel as if they were standing where she’s standing when she paints and feel her joy in the work as well.
Anthony Zimmerli studied at the art Institute of Los Angeles Before joining the Navy In 2002.
After he returned, he continued his studies In art first at Taft College and then Bakersfield College where he obtained a certificate In graphics and his Associate of Arts degree.
Anthony joined the Bakersfield Art Association in 2023 where he continues to study art and build his skills. He says he loves to use all forms of Art mediums and material so that he can focus the viewers' attention on the painting.
Sissy and Anthony are part of a larger group that meet each week to paint Plein Aire on locations In the surrounding Bakersfield area.