3 Dakinis from Kelang, Bandung and Michigan 2011 | Oil on canvas | 61 x 46 cm (each) | Triptych   artist statement A tribute in memory of three friends. A triptych made from obituary snapshots of three actual persons. Tattooed icons alluding to their respective nationalities now take the form of spiritual emblems. Three smaller figures in flight by land, by air, and by sea respectively are worked into the landscape as the artist remembers three immigrant-friends: an artist- poet, a collector and a dealer he met in Singapore.     JIMMY ONG artist profile Jimmy Ong (b. 1964, Singapore)  Better known for his large-scale figurative drawings in charcoal on paper, Ong engages the theme of identity and human relationship in his work. Ong recently renewed the medium of painting in colors with the exhibitions SGD (2010, Singapore Tyler Print Institute) and Transfiguring (2011, The Private Museum Singapore).