Art showcase

Colourful illustration of a woman with purple hair and olive skin, peeking out from behind a flowing pink blanket with her eyes closed and one relaxed hand showing. The image has a light aqua background, and is scattered with white clouds and pale yellow stars. Turquoise hand drawn text reads, Get some rest
Image description: Colourful illustration of a woman with purple hair and olive skin, peeking out from behind a flowing pink blanket with her eyes closed and one relaxed hand showing. The image has a light aqua background, and is scattered with white clouds and pale yellow stars. Turquoise hand drawn text reads, Get some rest.

Get some rest

by Rana

“Being chronically ill is hard enough,” Rana says, “please don’t be hard on yourself.” As someone grappling with multiple chronic illnesses while also running a small business, Rana says, “I could sleep forever and still be tired.” She has a reminder both for herself and everyone else living with energy-limiting conditions: “Our best may look different every day and that’s okay. It’s okay to rest. It’s okay to take breaks. Rest does not have to be earned. Rest is necessary.”

Rana (she/her) is a self-taught Black disabled artist living in upstate New York. She creates art inspired by her journey with chronic illness, self love, and mental health. Rana lives with fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, chronic pain syndrome, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and chronic gastritis, and has been creating digital art since 2019 when she became disabled. She makes her living as an artist offering digital art commissions for portraits, logos, music covers and more, in addition to selling her designs as stickers and teaching classes on using Procreate. She is excited to join Opera Mariposa in raising awareness for fibromyalgia and other chronic illnesses!


Love Rana’s work? Until June 1, 2024, you can enter to win stickers featuring her artwork (alongside lots of other amazing prizes), all in support of the ME | FM Society of BC!

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