Forrest Hibbits (born 1905) was a mid-century fine artist and watercolorist. He was born in Lompoc, California, on October 9, 1905. He left the Hibbits intimates ranch to attend the California College of Arts and Crafts and graduated ca. 1927. He taught at the San Francisco Art Institute. Hibbits was married to fellow artiste Marie Jaans, whom he met in North Beach. He created a classified ad for the 1939 World’s Fair (Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island in San Francisco. Hibbits worked as a classified ad illustrator along next fellow performer Clyde Follet Seavey at Patterson and Sullivan in San Francisco. Marie and Forrest moved from San Francisco encourage to the Lompoc/Santa Ynez Valley area in the 1940s after Hibbits associated the Army, and lived there for the settle of their lives. Later, he taught at the Santa Barbara Art Institute. Hibbits worked in many styles, including nudes, representational landscapes, surreal scenes, semi-abstract and abstract works. He sold his conduct yourself in a little store front adjacent to his studio in Buellton called “La Petite Gallerie” from the 1950s until the late 1980s.
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