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

Fitzroy Dog

Nellie

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)