DOGS
Chibi
"The great wit of these images, and their disturbing poignancy, is precisely this tension between what is present and what is absent. What is present, certainly, is that sense of delight, even of recognition, by which we are compelled to observe the quality of animal in these portraits. Just below the surface, of course, is the quality of recognition of a further aspect, one we almost grab at with relief in order to inhabit it: the quality of humanness within the otherness of these faces."
– Thomas Shapcott
Afternoon sun
Archie and Ouzo
Dog Window
Degas Dogs
Nellie
Fitzroy Dog
Snow
Streetview
This is not foxtrot
Chibi in Vienna
Turning Shy
Isabella Dog
99
dogside
Kanga
"These subjects are approached with reverence and deliberation and, like a human portrait, strive towards an inner essence by mapping the creature's eyes and body language. There's much to be learnt from Mitelman's comic yet serious transposition of dogs into human guise. The anthropomorphic quality of her subjects is both inviting and vaguely disturbing…"
- The Age
Scratch
Sweetie Dog (1999)