Nodau Aur Fy Nghan

Inside the image.

A square album cover shows a fair-haired man in a black formal evening suit, white shirt and pale bow tie, photographed from about the waist up. He stands slightly left of centre, his body angled towards the viewer’s right while his face turns towards the camera. His hands are out of frame. The dark lapels and jacket fill much of the lower half; his face and shirt are the brightest parts of the figure. The portrait is set against dense green foliage, with broad leaves and dark branches filling the background and framing his head and shoulders. The shallow-looking background is softer than the sharply lit figure, though individual leaves remain visible. The image runs to all four edges without a border.

The palette is chiefly deep greens and near-black, balanced by the white shirt and bow tie, pale skin and warm blond hair. Uneven natural-looking light falls across the man’s face and shirt, while the foliage remains mottled with shadow. The dark suit merges in places with the shaded greenery, leaving the face and white collar as clear focal points.

White lettering reading “Aled Wyn Davies” sits across the right side of the portrait, beside the man’s shoulder. The tall, narrow serif letters have a slightly varied, hand-drawn appearance. Beneath the name, “tenor” appears in smaller, slanted green script. Near the bottom right, the title “NODAU AUR FY NGHÂN” is set in uppercase yellow-gold letters, with a condensed, decorative serif style. Both text groups sit over the foliage and dark areas of the image; the larger name balances the man’s face, while the lower title occupies a band of relatively open dark green. The cover has a photographic appearance, with no obvious drawn or painted elements.