Brent graduated from Brigham Young University with a B.F.A. in Illustration. He has been in numerous solo and juried shows including The Cowboy Christmas at the NFR in Las Vegas, Calgary Stampede and The Charles M. Russell show in Great Falls, MT. At the 2001 San Dimas, CA show, he received Best of Show, Festival Choice Award, and Silver Medal in oils.
Brent was featured in the Fall 2001 Equine Vision Magazine, with his painting All I Need, on the cover.
Brent did the cover poster for the Art of the American Cowboy show at The South Point in Las Vegas in 2013.
He received the Best of Show award at the NOAPS fall on line international exhibit in 2016. He also received the Best New Entrant award at the 2017 Bosque Art Classic.
Brent and his wife and family live on a ranch in Wallsburg, UT. His work is held in many private collections throughout the United States, Canada, Japan, Europe, and Russia.