• Sir Henry Cecil (1)

    Portrait of horse trainer Sir Henry Cecil for ATR Text. The first artwork I made for a commercial teletext service.

    June 4, 2012
    People, Sport

  • Colin McIntyre

    Colin McIntyre was appointed Editor of Ceefax in 1974. Dubbed Mr Ceefax, he was born in Argentina and moved to the UK, where his father ran a cotton factory, to join the war effort.

    This artwork was made shortly after McIntyre’s passing in May 2012.

    May 13, 2012
    People

  • Fiery Super Mario

    A portrait of Super Mario, created but unused for the inaugural International Teletext Art Festival. inspired by Paul B Davis of Lektrolab and others from the VBI Microtel project who chose to depict the character.

    April 30, 2012
    Video games

  • Mort Smith Playing Pong

    A still from the BBC’s 1975 ‘This is Ceefax’ documentary depicting Mort Smith editing a Ceefax page – except here, he’s slacking off by playing Pong on his visual display unit.

    March 31, 2012
    Computers, People, Video games

  • Bcbkye the Clown

    Bcbkye the Clown is not a friendly clown. He knows all your secrets… mainly that you are alive! And you have used at least three toilets in your lifetime!

    February 15, 2012
    People

  • I’ll Be Yak

    Mr Yak professes that he, like the Terminator, will indeed be yak. A collaboration with Huge Bob.

    February 6, 2012
    Animals

  • Digital Switchover Trollface

    The digital switchover trolls teletext regarding its continued obsolescence. But we shall prove him wrong, for teletext lives on and on! Keep teletext alive!

    February 4, 2012
    Television