Created sometime in the summer of 2017, this is one of the few oil paintings I've made.

My grandfather used to paint in his spare time. One afternoon, when I was at his place and looking for something to do, he gave me a small canvas and some of his oil paints.

I ended up sitting in his garden, surrounded by trees, flowers, and the pond with its fish and water lilies. I didn't really know what I wanted to paint, so I started with something simple: a shape.

Without a ruler or any other tools, I painted a geometric form — a triangle containing an ellipse and a circle. The colours were an easy choice: red and green, my favourites.

At some point, a small stone from my grandfather's garden became the centre of the painting. I attached it with a generous amount of oil paint, and there it stayed.

Looking at it now, I can see why someone might think of the Deathly Hallows or Sauron's Eye. I don't remember either being an influence at the time, though. Sometimes a shape just ends up looking like something you've seen before.