Printmaking titled "YOUR CEREMONY KILLS" by Elodie M. Richard, Original Artwork, Digital Print

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YOUR CEREMONY KILLS (2025) Printmaking by Elodie M. Richard

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Seller Elodie M. Richard

Limited Edition (#10000/10000) Printmaking, Digital Print / Ballpoint pen / Pigments / Watercolor / Digital Painting / AI generated image on Paper

Artworks classification

Limited Edition

The edition run is over. The number of works produced has been determined and included in the listing.
Number of copies available 9999
Dimensions Height 20in, Width 16in
Artwork's condition The artwork is in perfect condition
Framing This artwork is not framed
AI generated image The artist created this image leveraging Artificial Intelligence technology
Categories Printmaking under $500 Illustration Bird

“A Beautiful Release? Or a Death Sentence?”. The truth behind ceremonial bird releases. Every year, thousands of white pigeons are bought, handled, and released at weddings, baptisms, funerals, and other human celebrations. It looks symbolic. It feels poetic. But for the birds, it’s a tragedy. These birds are not wild. They are domestic pigeons bred [...]

“A Beautiful Release? Or a Death Sentence?”
The truth behind ceremonial bird releases.

Every year, thousands of white pigeons are bought, handled, and released at weddings, baptisms, funerals, and other human celebrations. It looks symbolic. It feels poetic. But for the birds, it’s a tragedy.

These birds are not wild.
They are domestic pigeons bred in captivity, without the instincts or skills to survive in nature.
When they are released, they face starvation, predators, disorientation, exhaustion, and often a slow, terrifying death.

They die alone so people can take pictures.
They suffer so moments can look “pure.”
They are used, then discarded by the sky.
They are abandoned. And no one cares about their fate.

A wedding should not come with casualties.
A baptism should not cost a life.
A funeral should not create more grief.

There are so many ways to honor love, life, and memory without cruelty.
This isn’t symbolism. It’s animal abuse.

Don’t release pigeons. Protect them. Let your ceremony speak with compassion, not suffering.

About this artwork: Classification, Techniques & Styles

Pigments

Paint made with colored powder suspended in a liquid binder to obtain some paint or ink.

Watercolor

Watercolor is a painting in which gum arabic binds transparent pigments revealing the support of the painting. The gouache, of identical composition, is opaque. A watercolor is a water-based painting on paper. We rarely speak of a painting for a work painted in watercolor. Watercolor paintings are considered to be a unique way to creatively represent dreams, illusions, emotions and luminous feelings using water soluble pigments. However, painting with watercolors can be difficult. It's a difficult medium to master, in large part because it can be ruthless and unpredictable. Mistakes are difficult to correct and its fluid nature makes it difficult to control. Yet it is these very qualities that give the medium its undeniable charm.

Digital Painting

Technique carried out using digital tools using a computer, a graphic tablet, a stylus and software and reproducing traditional painting techniques, such as watercolor, oil, gouache ...

AI generated image

AI generated images are computer-generated images that aim to replicate the appearance of real-world objects. A common example is a "Dall-E", which is a digital rendering of a human face. Another popular ai generated image is "MidJourney", which is a highly realistic 3D rendering of a human figure in a dynamic pose. Google AI has also developed a number of AI generated images, including a series of images that depict different animalschromeleon. Generally speaking, AI generated images are becoming increasingly realistic and are often used for purposes such as advertising, product design, and art.

Technic Printmaking

Printmaking was originally used to communicate. Exceptional technical characteristics make it a valuable artistic medium. The artist creates an image on a flat surface to make a print. To create an original print, the artist inks the surface and presses it onto paper. Printmaking is the process of printing artworks Usually on paper but also fabric, wood, metal and other surfaces. ... Except for monotyping, all printing processes can produce identical multiples from the same artwork. The works thus produced are called prints or "impressions".

Elodie M. Richard

United States

Elodie M. Richard was born in France but with a complex heritage including Polish and Russian. Due to her father’s career in the Army her family had to regularly move and adapt to new locations in France and abroad. [...]