Erwau'r Daith

Inside the image.

A square photographic cover shows a smiling man in a dark suit, white shirt and patterned purple tie, framed from about the waist up. He occupies most of the left and lower part of the image, with his face near the upper-left centre and his shoulders angled slightly towards the viewer. His dark, wavy hair is swept back. One arm extends down towards the lower edge, where the crop cuts off his hands and the rest of his body.

Behind him is a softly focused, leafy outdoor setting. Green foliage fills the background, with pale patches of light and a few small bright highlights between the leaves. A large blurred leaf crosses the foreground at the right, partly overlapping the lettering and helping distinguish the sharply focused portrait from the garden behind it. The image is cropped close to the man, and there is no visible border.

The suit is nearly black with a subtle sheen and broad grey highlights across the lapels and sleeves. His tie has a repeating pale diamond pattern over purple and blue tones. White lettering at the upper right reads “ERWAU’R DAITH”, arranged on two lines in tall, condensed block capitals. Near the lower right, over the dark suit, “Aled Wyn Davies” appears in smaller white italic lettering with a fine, elegant appearance. The bright type stands out against the green foliage and dark clothing. The cover is a colour photograph with shallow focus and natural, dappled light; the portrait is crisp while the background leaves are blurred.