Title: ‘22.2091° N, 159.5068° W’

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

Size: 22×17 in (55.8×43.1cm)

Date Created: October 3rd, 2020

Medium: Pigment on Museum Archival Parchment

Editions: Signed 1 of 30 Edition Unframed

Description: At once cartographic and poetic, 22.2091° N, 159.5068° W anchors the viewer in a precise location while inviting a contemplative drift beyond time. Gillilan’s use of monochrome renders the tropical density of Kaua‘i with quiet austerity—coconut palms, mist-veiled cliffs, and distant ridges form a natural colonnade where stillness becomes sublime.

This work exemplifies Gillilan’s ongoing exploration of global geography. The numerical title—coordinates leading to Kaua‘i’s Hanalei region—underscores a tension between the empirical and the ephemeral. In 22.2091° N, nature’s architecture transcends its physicality to become a symbol of resilience, isolation, and the eternal return to place. At once cartographic and poetic, 22.2091° N, 159.5068° W anchors the viewer in a precise location while inviting a contemplative drift beyond time. Gillilan’s use of monochrome renders the tropical density of Kaua‘i with quiet austerity—coconut palms, mist-veiled cliffs, and distant ridges form a natural colonnade where stillness becomes sublime.