About Us
Bunny Swan and Ricky Gease live in the majestic surroundings of southcentral Alaska in a
place simply called “the Kenai” – a word that has many meanings and moods – a
mountain range from which glaciers flow off immense icefields, a lake born of the ice
ages, a river whose aquamarine waters hold spellbound eyes long blind to beauty and
return natal salmon in abundances long forgotten in other landscapes, a national park
whose system of fjords has been called one of the ten natural wonders of the world,
an estuary flats welcoming migratory birds from the near and far reaches of the world’s
mountain range from which glaciers flow off immense icefields, a lake born of the ice
ages, a river whose aquamarine waters hold spellbound eyes long blind to beauty and
return natal salmon in abundances long forgotten in other landscapes, a national park
whose system of fjords has been called one of the ten natural wonders of the world,
an estuary flats welcoming migratory birds from the near and far reaches of the world’s
continents, a wildlife refuge of moose and morels, of hunting and gathering, a peninsula
besieged by the millions during long summer days and beholden by the remnant during
longer winter nights, a city of mosaic history twining furs and forts, orthodox and catholic
churches, gold fever and fish fever, clean oil and clean water, and a people from
whence the name derives, drawn to this Good Land over a thousand years ago, who merged
maritime and land-based subsistence into a unique, rich cultural and spiritual heritage,
described by the “educated” as one of the most successful subsistence-based cultures
ever in the world.
A member of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe, IRA, Bunny is a proud culture bearer of her
Dena’ina Athabascan heritage. It is from these deep cultural and natural roots that
Bunny draws upon for inspiration in the many expressions of her award winning art.
Blessed with the gifts of melody and an unforgettable voice, of style and a sense
of sass, of color and the asymmetry of beauty, her art, like an uncommon fragrance,
fuses the energy of spring and the intuition of autumn, leaving a bouquet of beauty for
you to savor and enjoy, from the first taste of its lyricism to the discovery of its lasting
endurance in a base of love.
Dena’ina Athabascan heritage. It is from these deep cultural and natural roots that
Bunny draws upon for inspiration in the many expressions of her award winning art.
Blessed with the gifts of melody and an unforgettable voice, of style and a sense
of sass, of color and the asymmetry of beauty, her art, like an uncommon fragrance,
fuses the energy of spring and the intuition of autumn, leaving a bouquet of beauty for
you to savor and enjoy, from the first taste of its lyricism to the discovery of its lasting
endurance in a base of love.
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