Title: ‘Mother & Child’

Series/Location: Kauai, I Love You, Kauai, Hawai’i

Size: 22×17 in (55.8×43.1cm)

Date Created: January 12th, 2025

Medium: Pigment on Museum Archival Parchment

Editions: Signed 1 of 25 Edition Unframed

Description: In Mother & Child, Gillilan captures a moment of profound tenderness and synchronicity beneath the Pacific surface—an intimate portrait of a spinner dolphin and her calf gliding through refracted light. Rendered in black and white, the composition transcends documentary photography to embody a visual meditation on kinship, instinct, and grace.

Taken while swimming amidst a wild pod off the shores of Hawai‘i, this image is the result of patience, reverence, and rare proximity. The mirrored movements of the pair, suspended in aqueous light, evoke archetypal themes of protection and continuity—offering a fleeting glimpse into the consciousness of the more-than-human world.