This 12"x16" textured piece is painted on solid birch panel using a custom-blended texture paste. A blend of neutral taupes, buttery yellows and deep greys, this piece will fit any decor and is part of AJ's "Reach Out & Touch Paint" series - textured paintings meant to be touched for an extra-sensory experience.

AJ McDowell

All Your Faults Are in Me

A larger-scale mixed media piece at 24x18", this textured painting features shades of navy, bright blue, turquoise, seafoam green, and white, giving the impression of a seascape.  Textured with a proprietary texture paste mixture and natural add-ins like sand and pebbles, this piece from the "Reach Out & Touch Paint" series brings a tropical, beachy vibe to your space.

Here Comes the Waves

A larger-scale mixed media piece at 24x18", this textured painting resembles an island in the middle of the ocean. Made from layers upon layers consisting of gesso, AJ's custom texture paste, sand, gravel, acrylic paint, and even plaster, "On An Island in the Sun" is a part of AJ's "Reach Out & Touch Paste" series that offers a highly sensory touch experience.

On An Island in the Sun

This smaller, 8x10" piece was painted on a wood panel and features plenty of cracks, crevices, and ridges to run your fingers across. Painted using a mixture of dark blues and greys, small veins of metallic silver stretch across the piece like lightning bolts.

This piece is part of AJ's "Reach Out & Touch Paint" series - textured paintings meant to be touched for an extra-sensory experience.

Thunderstruck

This 10x20" piece is textured with a gritty, grainy, sandy coating that covers the entire painting. Created on a canvas using a custom texture paste, this artwork can be hung vertically or horizontally and fits in well with neutral decor themes.  This is part of AJ's "Reach Out & Touch Paint" series, created to offer a sensory experience for those who are tempted to touch paintings (like AJ herself!)

Sandcastles That Washed Away

This 12"x16" textured piece is painted on solid birch panel using a custom-blended texture paste. Sleek ridges of pure black converge at the bottom, where a smooth triangular shape cuts off the texture. This is part of AJ's "Reach Out & Touch Paint" series - textured paintings meant to be touched for an extra-sensory experience.

Black Licorice

This 12"x16" textured piece is painted on a primed canvas using a custom-blended texture paste. A stormy mixture of electric blue, bronze, and white on a dark black backdrop, this piece is part of AJ's "Reach Out & Touch Paint" series - textured paintings meant to be touched for an extra-sensory experience.

When the Lightning Strikes

"Waxing Down Our Surfboards" is a larger, 16x20" textured painting, reminiscent of a tropical beach and thus, named after a lyric from a Beach Boys song. This piece is part of AJ's "Reach Out & Touch Paint" series - textured paintings meant to be touched for an extra-sensory experience, and features smooth waves that meet a coarse, grainy beach texture.

Waxing Down Our Surfboards

This highly textured piece is painted on a 14x14" canvas panel, using a custom-blended texture paste. Featuring bronze accents among swirls of blues and greens, this piece is a feast for the eyes and the fingertips, as part of AJ's "Reach Out & Touch Paint" series - textured paintings meant to be touched for an extra-sensory experience.

In the Air, Between the Rain

This 12x16" piece is highly textured, with ridges representing sand dunes and a gritty, grainy texture over the entire piece.  Created on a canvas using a custom texture paste, this artwork was inspired by (and named for) a lyric by Dove Cameron that the artist just couldn't get out of her head.  This is part of AJ's "Reach Out & Touch Paint" series, created to offer a sensory experience for those who are tempted to touch paintings (like AJ herself!)

You Have More Pieces of Me Than the Desert Has Sand

This 12"x16" textured piece features gritty, grainy "sandbars" and smooth, ridge-like "waves" that offer a contrasting sensory experience, and is part of AJ's "Reach Out & Touch Paint" series.

Stranded on a Sandbar

This 12x16" texture-on-canvas painting is full of spots to feel.  Evenly spaced ridges, along with randomized crevices and bumps, make this painting fun to run your hands across, and pops of metallic silver accent the deep greys and blues. This piece is part of AJ's "Reach Out & Touch Paint" series - textured paintings meant to be touched for an extra-sensory experience.

Nowhere Safe from the Storm

"I Am Shades of Blue" is a larger, 16"x20" textured painting on canvas. While smoother than most of the other paintings in the "Reach Out & Touch Paint" series, there are spots with small ridges and bumps that call out to the viewer to run a finger over them. Pops of metallic gold add accents to this piece.

I Am Shades of Blue

Named after a song lyric from AJ's favourite band, this 8x10" piece is sculpted onto a birch panel using a custom mixed sculpture / texture paste, and painted bubblegum pink with an iridescent sheen over top (making it, frankly, very difficult to photograph the true colour of!) This piece is a dream for anyone who wants an extra-sensory experience, featuring ridges, folds, bumps, and grit.

This piece is part of AJ's "Reach Out & Touch Paint" series - textured paintings meant to be touched for an extra-sensory experience.

Pink It's the New Kind of Lingo

This 12"x16" textured piece is painted on a primed canvas using a custom-blended texture paste. Featuring bright blue, neutral taupes, and deep greys swirling together over crackle texture and ridges, this piece is part of AJ's "Reach Out & Touch Paint" series - textured paintings meant to be touched for an extra-sensory experience.

250,000 Miles on a Clear Night in June

"Gold Digger" is a miniature, 8x8" painting on gallery wrapped canvas. This small piece is part of AJ's "Reach Out & Touch Paint" series - textured paintings meant to be touched for an extra-sensory experience, and while smoother than some of the other pieces in the series - has nooks and crannies to hide the metallic gold paint.

Gold Digger

This 12"x16" textured piece is painted on gallery-wrapped canvas using a custom-blended texture paste, metallic rose gold paint, and matte black. It's part of AJ's "Reach Out & Touch Paint" series - textured paintings meant to be touched for an extra-sensory experience.

Goin Out Like the Dinosaur

This 12"x16" textured piece is painted on solid birch panel using a custom-blended texture paste. Reminiscent of a crashing wave, this piece features deep browns, blues, and greens, and is part of AJ's "Reach Out & Touch Paint" series - textured paintings meant to be touched for an extra-sensory experience.

AJ McDowell

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