Phil Knoll
“I want my art to be fun. Fun to make. Fun to look at. Fun to think about.
But that doesn’t mean my pictures aren’t serious. I attempt to confront important issues, focusing mainly on human arrogance. There is a great need to poke, prod, and expose the hubris of Homo Sapiens in my work. Sometimes the irreverence is obvious, other times it comes at you slant. But it is rarely lacking, if you look.”
Knoll’s drawings are included in The Rothschild Contemporary Drawing Collection at the MOMA. He has also showed at the Palo Alto Museum of Art, the De Cordova Museum, the Walker Art Center, the Danforth Museum, and Carnegie Museum of Art.
Phil lives and works in the Berkshires.
A Painting About Everything, 2024, Watercolor, color pencil on paper, 28 x 28 inches
Rebellion, 2024, Watercolor, color pencil on paper, 27 x 38 inches
No Drugs Needed, 2025, Ballpoint pen on paper, 30 x 22 inches
Lion Cub, Watercolor, color pencil, graphite on paper mounted on panel, 30 x 30 inches
Tiger Cub, Watercolor, color pencil, graphite on paper mounted on panel, 30 x 30 inches
Bear Cub, Watercolor, color pencil, graphite on paper mounted on panel, 30 x 30 inches, SOLD
Poly Nation, Watercolor and graphite on paper mounted on panel, 44 x 44 inches
Snowy Owl, Graphite on paper mounted on panel, 30 x 30 inches, SOLD
The Jacksons, Graphite on paper, 8 x 8 inches