[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="12707" img_size="large" style="vc_box_shadow_3d" css_animation="fadeInLeft"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text css_animation="fadeInRight"] Ren Wicks Ren Wicks (1911-1997) grew up in his father’s commercial art studio in downtown Los Angeles, where he was taught to draw and paint almost before he could walk. After attending Otis Art Institute, and while still in high school at the Art Center