Warren Hicks has arrived at a life devoted to art in a circuitous manner. His training in architectural drafting and his experience in the music industry fold neatly into his work, each former career path creating an impression evident in his current progress.
Hicks was born and raised in Chickasha, Oklahoma and studied Architectural Design at Oklahoma State University. Prior to graduation, he decided to explore opportunities within the music industry in Miami, Florida. Hicks spent twelve years in the music world before returning to design and architecture. While working at a prestigious architectural firm in Columbia, South Carolina, Hicks began exploring freelance graphic and web design.
Fourteen successful years left him professionally secure, but wanting for a better creative outlet. Hicks made a momentous decision to divert all of his energy towards a life in art. Completely self-taught, he began painting in 2002, quickly developing a unique style that he calls Surreal Geometric Abstraction.
His artistic evolution has been as unique as his personal revolution. He has morphed through a progression of styles and influences - embracing, digesting, and discarding - always in search of the next challenge. It seems he never stands still. Witty titles that often employ wordplay suggest an art that winks at the peccadilloes of everyday life.
This seemingly random hybridization of styles could go on productively for quite some time, it appears. Kandinsky, Arp, Miro, Braque, Klee - pureed in Hicks' aesthetic, eclectic blender only to come out as - well - a Hicks original.