“ART IS NOT AN AFTERTHOUGHT” 

– if walls could talk 

your walls don’t deserve drab. ditch the ho-hum décor, the nondescript florals, the copycat canvases.

be bold. buy originality.

i’m kent, and i’m an artist tortured in the pursuit of originality.

each kent youngstrom original is designed, inked, splattered, and textured by hand in my park city studio.

over the past five years, my custom paintings have created a buzz among country music stars, songwriters, social media influencers, and tv personalities like joanna gaines and the property brothers. get in on the buzz: check out examples of my work that will grab your attention for all the right reasons.

ditch the lack, but keep the luster, and let your walls tell a story.

vail commission piece

custom means personal in the best possible way. detailing my clients' favorite ski runs in vail's legendary back bowls, this custom dimensional painting hangs in a vail condo overlooking the eagle bahn gondola. even when the runs are grassy and overrun with wildflowers, this piece connects them to their favorite winter pastime and has them aching for snow. 

here for the music

here for the music! management company maverick records (think hootie and the blowfish and darius rucker's solo career) wanted a head-turner for their remodeled office space. retro record sleeves plays well against bold typeface.

cb2

bulk doesn't have to mean boring. each year, i hand-paint somewhere north of 500 original canvas paintings for cb2.com--the boutique, modern sidekick of crate and barrel. the next time you wander through a cb2, scan the walls for a kent youngstrom painting and check out the hand-crafted aesthetic of bulk originality.

i love a challenge

here are a few from the past year.

pizza

is our thing! it's how we met and we try to order or make it every saturday night. but i do not want a painting of pizza!

-kd

art, but not art.

i'm trying to find something for a bedroom wall, near the closet area that is funky - but not necessarily a painting. any ideas?

-cw

can you?

make something for my wife? the funny thing is she literally tells me . . . i don't want you to buy me anything.

-ry

if i wasn't an artist.

if i wasn’t an artist, i’d be a dancer and if i wasn’t that, i’d be an astronaut with a really thick helmet or a cowboy with a brim, but if i wasn’t that, i’d be a teacher, yes, a teacher or a singer with a sold-out arena, everyone shouting my name and also i’d be a scientist or detective but if not that, i’d be a pilot and an architect and if i wasn’t that, I’d hammer roofs and sell shoes and serve sandwiches in a corner shop or I would bang on wall street and diversify portfolios, and I’d coach soccer to teach a better way and use things the way they're unintended and tattoo birds on my arm to fight fear and do all the things that matter because if i wasn’t an artist, I'd still be an artist.

i want to wipe out the drab and make you something fab for the walls of your home, office or secret lair.

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interested in inquiring about original art?

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