Morris David (Morrie) Dorenfeld spent his formative years studying painting at the Art Institute of Chicago and at the Art Students League in NYC. When he moved to the coast of Maine in 1978, he learned to weave and brought his abstract expressionist roots to this medium, composing and weaving large tapestries–paintings in fiber.
During his almost 45-year career as a weaver, Morrie has exhibited throughout Maine and New England and also in Arizona, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, and Santiago, Chile (Arts in Embassies program). He has won fellowships from the Maine Arts Commission and been included in several juried shows, winning awards such as the Juror's Choice Award from Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, representation in the 2016-17 CMCA Maine Biennial American Craft Museum Association Selection '85 and "Best Use of Color" Award from the Maine Weavers Guild.
Morrie's tapestries emphasize harmony, proportion, balance, and above all the visual music of color. Brilliant primary color itself is the subject of the artwork and of this book. As Morrie says "Color is King!"
(The Tapestries of Morris David Dorenfeld: Paintings in Fiber, Christopher Brewer Willaimson, 2023)