De Novo Gallery Debuts Heat Wave, Featuring Work by Lindsay McCulloch at Mount Vernon Triangle Window Project
Friday August 14, 2026
Anyone that’s taken a stroll down the 400 Block of K Street NW since Friday, July 31 might have noticed a vibrant new exhibit on display at De Novo Gallery’s Window Project. The latest installation comes from artist Lindsay McCulloch and features a site-specific mural titled, “Heat Wave”.
Read an excerpt from the press release below to learn more and check out the art for yourself the next time you walk down the 400 Block of K Street NW!
This series of work by Lindsay McCulloch explores themes of femininity, craft, motherhood, ego, memory, and nature through abstract painting and mixed media work. McCulloch combines everyday materials such as paper, yarn, ribbon, thread and fabric with more traditional painting. These objects have a history tied to female craft and domestic work that often goes unrecognized. Painting, by contrast, is traditionally tied to the individual artist’s authorship and their self-expression. By bringing the two together, McCulloch creates a natural tension in her work. She responds to her materials intuitively, and the deeper meaning of each piece usually reveals itself through the act of making it.
For this installation, titled Heat Wave, McCulloch has brought that same intuitive, hands-on process to the walls themselves. The mural’s design grew out of two pieces from this series, chosen to tie the installation together visually. As with the rest of her work, the title came to McCulloch spontaneously during the process rather than as something she planned in advance. She designed the mural during a heat wave this summer, and once the title came to her, she didn’t question it. Trusting that instinct is central to how she works and it felt natural to extend the mural’s title to the overall exhibition.
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