Morris David Dorenfeld is a textile and tapestry artist. Earlier this year I photographed three of his Hunter Variation tapestries here in the studio. In our discussions during the shoot, I knew that his living/work space must be as creative, interesting and visually pleasing as his art is. I made plans to photograph his home and when I arrived at the coastal property some weeks later, my hunch was proven correct many times over.
A modest 24×24 post and beam structure originally built as a garage, the property is a work of art itself. The interior displays a life dedicated to his art with his loom and living space co-mingling in one room. With beautiful grounds and a garden tended to for over 35 years, it is a special place….expansive gardens hugging the home with dogwoods, weeping spruce trees and an extraordinary climbing hydrangea towering over all on the ocean’s edge.
He is represented by the Caldbeck Gallery in Rockland and will have a solo exhibition there in October 2015.
