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A rainbow-banded heart on white, with “Nerth Y Gân” above and “Gift Of Life” below.

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Sain (Recordiau) Cyf. · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Nerth Y Gân / Gift Of Life

Rhys Meirion

Single artwork for Rhys Meirion, provided through the SAIN Records collection on Wikimedia Commons.

A CLOSER LOOK / 01

Inside the image.

On a plain white square background, a large stylised heart sits centrally, with its point reaching down towards the lower third of the image. The heart is built from nested, symmetrical heart-shaped bands, each following the same outline and meeting at a vertical seam down the middle. From the outside in, the bands shift through coral red, orange, yellow, light green, turquoise, blue and purple. The left and right halves are closely matched in shape, though the outer red band appears a little more coral on the left and brighter red on the right. The inner purple and blue shapes meet at the centre seam, creating a layered, rainbow-like effect.

Above the heart, centred near the top, is the coral-red wording “Nerth Y Gân”. Below it, centred near the bottom, is the larger-looking red wording “Gift Of Life”. Both inscriptions use bold, rounded sans-serif lettering. The heart occupies most of the central area, with ample white space around it and no frame, shadow, or visible surface texture. The image is flat, clean-edged graphic artwork rather than a photograph; colour is even and there is no apparent depth or lighting.

ASSOCIATIONS & IMPRESSIONS / 02

What the image evokes.

The nested bands make the heart seem to contain a small spectrum, as if colour has been folded repeatedly into the same familiar emblem. Its crisp symmetry gives the design a composed, almost emblematic quality, while the bright sequence of hues keeps it warm and approachable. The vertical meeting line is conspicuous: it divides the heart in two but also joins the matching halves into a single shape.

The heart and rainbow colours can suggest affection, inclusion or shared feeling, though the image leaves those meanings open. The simple arrangement of a symbol between two lines of bold type has the directness of a handmade greeting or a compact community badge. Against the untouched white field, the vivid colours feel especially buoyant, like a paper cut-out or a screen-printed sign, without the image showing any physical paper or printing texture.

Associations are subjective readings, rather than documented influences or statements of the artist’s intention.

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Lettering & observation notes
  • Nerth Y Gân — Centred near the top, above the heart
  • Gift Of Life — Centred near the bottom, below the heart
BACK TO THE SOURCE / 03

Artwork sources & licence.

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Source year
2015
Source author field
Sain (Records) Ltd
Attribution
Sain (Recordiau) Cyf.
Collection
SAIN / Wikimedia Commons
Catalogue number
Tryfan CD494
Source
Wikimedia Commons file page ↗
Permission evidence
Public VRT notice: 2017050910011681
Source checked
20 October 2026

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