Studio Visits
Stop by my studio in LIC, Queens for
a visit. Just one subway stop from Manhattan. Call me at 347.401.3533 to arrange a time.
Always seeking new models.
Please email me chip@chipmoeser.com
Models for special projects click here
How I work with models
A little about how I work. I typically work in three to four hour sessions. During these sessions I work in pencil only no photographs, developing preliminary sketches. I then take these sketches and rework them, and trying to extract from them something, which communicates the models personal as well as physical beauty, then developing them into a final product from which I paint. In some cases, this happens over multiple sessions, developing the work into a series. I do not pose or direct the models I work with in any fashion, giving them control of the situation and environment. I prefer the model take her own poses. My art is about personal feminine beauty, and in working in this way it gives the model a chance to express and communicate something of herself, which ultimately it is my goal to try and capture. I encourage conversation during the session, to gain more insight into the models personality, and also to make for a more comfortable situation.
No experience is necessary, and I often prefer working with models who have no previous experience, as they are less likely to take a rehearsed set of poses, and more likely to express something original of themselves. I often slightly abstract color and shape to capture and express these things. I work with a contract. It is simple and basic. It gives me the right to use a models likeness in my work, covers time and financial reimbursement. I take my work seriously, maintain professionalism and can provide references. At the same time I try to provide an environment in which the model is relaxed, comfortable and able to express herself.