Painter Rosie Ranauro is alive to the bodyâs grief and joy
By Cate McQuaid Globe Correspondent,Updated March 11, 2021, 12:00 p.m.
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Interdisciplinary artist Rosie Ranauro wrapped herself with one of her paintings while posing for a portrait at her studio in Jamaica Plain.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
Last week, painter Rosie Ranauro got out of the hospital after a 13-day stay. Sheâs been there before.
âIâve been sick since I was a little kid,â she said over Zoom from her Jamaica Plain studio. She suffered a ruptured appendix, persistent strep, and tonsillitis as a child, and as an adult, chronic pain, fatigue, and fibromyalgia. In 2015, she was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease that causes inflammation of her optic nerve. This time, it attacked her left eye. Steroids bring the swelling down, and her sight slowly returns.