Salpaad's daughters

The "Salpaad's daughters" painting has been thought of as a finishing one of the "Women on inconvenience" series re-thinking some of the Biblical female characters whose story is not so straightforward. At first, I was inspired by the fact that some young women living thousands of years ago in a very strict androcentric culture found the courage to raise their voices and stand for their rights to land ownership. So initially I thought the painting is about five strong girls with a bit of remonstrative spirit. However some days later after I started with it, the War in Ukraine burst out and the world got shaken up by the news of terrible war crimes like those in Bucha and other Ukrainian towns. I was one of those who has lost a sense of reality and could not but weep out of helpless anger for many weeks before I could physically continue with this painting. And when I finally did, my Salpaad's girls have unintentionally but inevitably undergone some changes in their appearances. You can see the painting as Salpaad's or Bucha's girls, but whoever they are, my position remains the same - if we dare to call ourselves civilized humans then we should all agree that being weaker and different does not give any right to another one to misuse their stronger standing.