Mary iverson’s mixed media paintings show how shipping containers collided with the environment.

shipping containers collide with the environment in mary iverson's mix media paintings

MARY IVERSON DEPICTS GLOBALIZATION VS. THE ENVIRONMENT

mary iverson is a seattle-based landscape painter who creates artworks that portray the clash between globalizations and the environment. Combining found photography with intersecting lines creates a unique look. Shipping containersThe artist uses oil and acrylic to paint a vision of post-apocalyptic scenarios.

‘my paintings explore the balance between the environment and industrial activities, inspiring conversations about our complicated relationship with nature,’ reads the artist’s profile.

All images by Mary Iverson

SHIPPING CONTAINERS INVADE WELL-KNOWN SCENARIOS

Mary iverson’s paintings depict well-known scenarios where shipping containers have invaded. Her paintings inspire discussions about climate change, from the port in Seattle to the pyramids of Cairo.

‘iverson’s shipping containers can be seen as metonymic stand-ins for a whole system of distribution for objects that we deal with every day,’ said justin lincoln in an excerpt from the catalog statement for Egress at the sheehan Gallery in WA. ‘these paintings, until recently, left us with little clue of what they might contain. they are like scientific conceptual “black-boxes” which are put into place to sidestep our actual material understanding. These containers may be seen on a train or dock and we might have a vague idea about what they might contain or how they might use. This is directly analogous to the distribution of data over the internet. the analog and digital worlds of things echo each other.’