Art for people who
feel everything.
Abstract, whimsical, and psychologically expressive paintings that explore the parts of ourselves that don’t always have words.
Your walls are full.
But nothing on them
feels like you.
Most art is designed to match your sofa. To fill a gap. To look agreeable and disappear. If you've ever stood in a mass-market home store and felt nothing — or felt vaguely embarrassed that none of it reflected your actual inner life — you know the problem.
You deserve art that holds the weight of your real life — the difficult days and the absurd ones.
The 3am thoughts. The quiet grief. The inexplicable joy your cat brings you by fitting into something ridiculous. All of it belongs on your wall. All of it is worth painting.
Painted by someone who has spent a lifetime studying the human mind.
I'm Diantha Boardman — a self-taught painter with a Master's in Clinical Psychology. I spent years as a substance abuse counselor, sitting with people at their most raw, their most exhausted, their most real. I know what it costs someone to say "I'm fine" when they mean the opposite.
In 2020, I picked up a brush for the first time. Every career test I'd ever taken told me I should be doing something creative. Turns out, a pandemic was the nudge I needed. I haven't put the brush down since.
I paint the things I've spent a lifetime thinking about: the impossible complexity of being a person. The dark days. The weird joy. The moments that are too big for words — and fit just right inside a painting. Art, for me, is a way to help people (myself included) feel seen and less alone.
Three steps to art
that actually means something.
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Browse originals and prints. Find the one that makes you stop scrolling. The one that looks like the inside of your head.
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No platform markup. No anonymous checkout. You're buying from the human who painted it. Every original ships with a personal handwritten note.
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Your walls change. Not because they look better — though they will. Because now they say something true. Something that was missing before.
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This piece was inspired by what it felt like to be on Zoloft; numb, locked in, detached from myself. It’s a commentary of what it's like to struggle with depression in a society that stigmatizes such existential emotions. Created with layered acrylics, this piece is for the person who finds beauty in the shadows and strength in the stillness. It’s moody, it’s raw, and it looks damn good over a velvet sofa.
Museum-quality posters made on thick matte paper.
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
Interested in buying the original? Check it out HERE
We’ve all said it. The polite, reflexive 'I’m fine' that acts as a shield against the world. But look closer at this piece, and the shield starts to crack. When flipped upside down the same text transforms from 'I’m fine' into “save me.” This work examines emotional masking, unspoken suffering, and the quiet desperation that often hides behind socially acceptable words. This isn't just a print; it’s a secret handshake for anyone who knows that the most important conversations usually happen in the margins. This is a focal piece that doesn’t just decorate a room—it starts a dialogue. Perfect for your home office, your sanctuary, or anywhere you need a reminder that it’s okay to be a work in progress.
Museum-quality posters made on thick matte paper.
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
Interested in buying the original? Check it out HERE
I painted this one purely because I wanted to paint a peacock, and I was obsessed with these pinks. What I didn't plan was the lesson that came with it.
I'm a perfectionist. It's my biggest weakness as a painter — the urge to keep going, keep fixing, keep refining until something is technically correct rather than alive. With this piece, I made myself stop. Put the brush down. Let it be imperfect.
It's still one of my favorite pieces I've ever made. Funny how that works.
Bold, energetic, and unapologetically pink — painted in layered acrylics and printed at museum quality on thick matte paper. An ideal focal point for an entryway, a reading corner, or any wall that could use a jolt of color and a little peacock energy.
Museum-quality posters made on thick matte paper.
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
16” x 20”
Acrylic on canvas
Buy prints of this piece HERE
PLEASE NOTE
- All sales of original paintings are final.
- Each piece will be shipped within 7 days of ordering, and will be sent with tracking and insurance.
- The customer is responsible for any import duties, taxes, or fees charged by their country’s customs office. Customs processing times vary by country and are outside my control.
- Once a parcel is marked as delivered by the courier, I am unable to refund or replace the order.
- Every care is taken to package each piece with plenty of bubble wrap in sturdy boxes, in the unlikely event that a piece arrives damaged, this must be reported within 5 days of delivery, with photos of both the packaging and the artwork.
- Colors can sometimes vary very slightly from what you see onscreen due to different screen settings.
- All artworks are signed and dated on the back of the canvas/panel, and come with a certificate of authenticity and handwritten letter of thanks.