Monopoly taught us a lot about money when we were kids. Mostly that the person with the most usually wins.

Buying streets, stacking tiny plastic houses and quietly bending the rules when nobody was paying attention. That was Monopoly stacks of coloured money, and the simple objective of owning everything. If that meant a little cheating along the way… well, that was practically part of the strategy.

“Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go. Do not collect £200”

Simple rules, clear consequences. Real life, of course, seems to play out a little differently.

Illegal business controls America; Monopoly, in its strange way mirrors that. It’s a children’s game built entirely around property, power and profit. The longer you look at it, the less it feels like a game and more like a simplified diagram of how things actually work.

This piece leans into that thought. The strange overlap between childhood games and the real world systems they quietly imitate.

Monopoly always felt like harmless fun, but the longer you look at it, the more it starts to feel like a training exercise.

The process itself is pretty simple, but time-heavy. Two stencils, each cut by hand. Building that wall of words with spray paint. Followed by Mr Monopoly, ink tightens the stencilled lines, filling in the bridges. The final touch is a contrasting pastel outline, finished by hand.

Everything is completely handmade, each piece in the series is painted individually, so no two are exactly the same.
It’s a playful image on the surface, but there’s a bit of a wink behind it.

After all the person with the most money usually wins.

Stencil, Spray, Smile, Repeat.
Bob

Original painting
2 colour stencil
Spray paint + ink
Pastel hand finishing
300gsm heavy stock paper
50 x 50 cm
Limited Edition of 30
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Laid down repeatedly, the words lose some of their shock and start to behave like pattern. What begins as protest language gradually becomes visual texture, absorbed rather than read.
Over that field of text sits an exaggerated symbol of wealth, excess and accumulation. But also nostalgia, humour and childhood familiarity.
Scrooge exists comfortably in contradiction. He’s rich yet harmless. Greedy yet lovable. He turns wealth into something playful and non threatening.

Details are added by hand; bridges completed and reinforcing lines while letting others soften. The final layer is an offset green pastel, applied by hand.
Slightly misaligned. Perfectly imperfect.

As with all my work, each piece is hand made. No two are the same. Overspray remains. Texture stays visible. These marks are part of the record.
“Scrooge” is part of my hand painted material series, each one completely individually.

To view, collect or learn more about this work, visit my website.

Supporting handmade art means supporting time, labour and intent.
Thanks for spending time with my work.

Stencil, Spray, Smile, Repeat.
Bob

This piece explores contrast through process, material & context.

Before paint or colour, there is cutting. Stencils are cut line by line, a process that resists speed & automation. The time spent here becomes part of the final image, a way of building meaning before an image ever appears.

At the centre of the work is Mickey Mouse. An icon that exists at the beginning of many people’s visual memory. Bright colours, simple forms & a sense of safety. Mickey was part of childhood; familiar, comforting & everywhere.

The background is built first. Yellow paint lays down functional language, designed to caution rather than decorate.
Over this sits something instantly recognisable. Calm. Unbothered, holding a can of poison…

Details are refined by hand using ink, edges tightened & bridges restored. Red pastel is applied by hand, subtle but deliberate. Each piece is hand-sprayed, meaning no two are identical. Overspray & imperfections remain visible as evidence of the process.

Mickey is often treated as culturally neutral, but icons don’t stay neutral. Characters become tied to corporate power, scale & influence. What begins as innocence can become a tool. Warning signs are easier to ignore when they’re wrapped in something we trust.

There’s a quiet reference here to Full Metal Jacket, where the Mickey Mouse Club song plays over scenes of destruction. The song isn’t changed, it’s simply placed in a context where it no longer fits.

This piece operates in the same space. Mickey doesn’t need distortion. He just needs context.

The work is available as a limited, hand-made edition. Each piece is individually sprayed & finished by hand.

To view, collect or learn more about this piece & other works, please visit my website.

Supporting hand-made art means supporting time, skill & intention.
Thank you for looking closely.

Stencil, Spray, Smile, Repeat.
Bob

People often ask if my work is printed.

It’s not, & that difference matters to me.

When you place an order, nothing comes off a printer or gets pulled from a digital archive. Every piece begins the same way: with a blank piece of paper, a sharp blade & a lot of time.

Each artwork is built through layers of hand-cut stencils. Every cut is deliberate. Every bridge is planned so the stencil holds together. There’s no automation here; just patience, focus & repetition. It’s slow work, but it’s honest work.

Once the stencils are cut, each layer is spray painted by hand. I paint one colour at a time, carefully aligning layers, weighting stencils to control overspray. Some areas come out crisp, others a little rough around the edges and I like it that way. Those small imperfections are proof that my hand was involved from start to finish.

After the painting is complete, I go back in and clean up the lines. Bridges are filled. Details are refined. This final stage pulls everything together and gives the piece its finished feel.

Once I then tend to go rogue which is where the hand finishing comes in. Everything is a bit more relaxed, pastel marks where my hand finds fit. A great contrast to the crisp lines found with stencilling.

Artwork is then hand stamped, numbered & signed by me. It’s a small ritual, but an important one. It marks the end of the process and the beginning of the artwork’s life in the world.

This way of working isn’t the fastest or the easiest. I could press print & produce identical copies all day long but that’s not me. What I care about is the process. The hours spent cutting. The quiet moments while painting. The problem solving when something doesn’t go to plan.

Handmade work carries its own energy. You can see how it was made. You can feel the time in it. Each piece is slightly different, because each one has to be & my way of doing it.

If you’re someone who values handmade art, original stencil work & pieces that are built layer by layer instead of mass-produced, you can view my current body of work via the link below.

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Thanks for taking the time to read.

Peace & Love,

Bob

For this piece, Richie Rich felt like the perfect character to sit inside that idea. He’s the cartoon definition of wealth; born rich, permanently smiling, never shown working for it. He’s surrounded by wealth, but somehow still frozen in it - a symbol of abundance that doesn’t necessarily mean freedom.

The process behind this work really leaned into the idea of time as currency. They say time is money, so today I spent all of mine cutting stencils. Slowly. Deliberately. Cut after cut. It’s repetitive, focused and oddly calming - but also a reminder of how quickly hours slip away when you’re deep in the making.

Spray paint comes next, shifting the pace. Faster, louder and more instinctive. The paint layers add depth, while the final yellow pastel hand finishing brings everything back to something human. Smudges, pressure marks, small imperfections are proof that each piece is made by hand, one piece at a time.

To me, this artwork reflects on the quiet economy of time: how we spend it, waste it, trade it and try to control it. Through stencils and spray paint, something fleeting becomes fixed — even if only for a moment.

Art doesn’t offer answers here. It just pauses the clock long enough to notice it ticking.

Artwork Details

• Original painting

• 2-colour hand-cut stencil

• Spray paint + ink

• Yellow pastel hand finishing

• 300gsm heavy stock paper

• 50 × 50 cm

• Edition of 30

If you’d like to add this piece to your wall, the original works are available now through my store.

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The process is all hands on from start to finish. The close up shots show the hand-cut stencils, cut slowly and deliberately. That part of the process is oddly relaxing; repetitive, focused, almost meditative.

Spray painting flips the mood completely. It’s faster, louder and always unpredictable. The reveal, when the stencil comes off, never gets old.

The final layer is pastel, applied by hand. This is where I loosen things up. Rough marks, smudges and imperfections add to the piece. It pulls the piece away from feeling too clean or digital and brings it back to something human.

In the in-situ shot, the work sits easily on the wall, bold but not overwhelming. It’s not asking to be decoded. Hopefully it just sparks a reaction, maybe even a smile.

Peace + Love

Bob

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“LOVE NOT WAR” is one of those phrases that feels like it’s quietly tapping us on the shoulder soft, simple and unavoidably relevant.

In this piece, Donald Duck steps in as both the unlikely messenger and the eternal troublemaker, sitting right in that strange space between childhood innocence and adult frustration. It’s that tension; sweet vs sour, calm vs chaos! which makes this artwork feel so alive to me.

Created with stencil, spray paint and pastel, the piece is my attempt to freeze a fleeting impulse: that moment when you feel everything at once; anger & peace, nostalgia & nonsense, seriousness with a sly wink. The stencils bring structure and clarity. The spray paint adds that burst of raw street-art energy and the pastels provide those imperfect, very human smudges. Together, they create something that’s playful, a little messy, and maybe even a bit revealing.

Art doesn’t always need to shout. Sometimes it just nudges you, makes you smile, makes you think, or makes you raise an eyebrow. 😏
This one does a little of each.

Artwork Details

• Original painting

• 3-colour stencil

• Pastel hand finishing

• Spray paint + ink

• 300gsm heavy stock paper

• 50 × 50 cm

• Edition of 30

If you’d like to own this piece, you can collect your original painting today, exclusively available through my store.

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It’s the perfect mix of cartoon mayhem and street art mischief exactly the kind of playful chaos I love bringing to life.

For this commission, I rebuilt the artwork from scratch using five colour stencil layers, each one cut and sprayed by hand. The piece is spray paint on paper, sized 50×70 cm. There’s something deeply satisfying about watching each layer stack up, colour by colour, until the whole scene snaps into place.

If you’d like your own hand-painted original or a fresh take on one of my past works, feel free to drop me a DM. Always happy to bring new ideas to life!

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For the last 10 years I’ve been obsessed with stencil art and screen printing and today I’m finally sharing my full handmade process. No shortcuts, no machines - just blades, card, spray paint and way too many hours of cutting.

This piece is inspired by Andy Warhol’s Marilyn, Banksy’s Kate Moss and one of my all-time favourite cartoon icons… Betty Boop. A little pop art tribute with my own twist.

What you’ll see in this video:

• cutting 300gsm stencil paper by hand

• colour separation tricks

• spray painting (with weights instead of adhesive!)

• the full reveal + line cleanup

• some honest handmade imperfections I actually love
  

  Whether you’re into stencil art, banksy, spray paint, pop art, or just love watching something come together from nothing - this might be the video for you.
  
  🧰 Materials I used:

• Your favourite craft knife (extra blades!)

• 300gsm cartridge paper

• Fabriano cold-press paper (for final)

• Brass pipe joiners / pennies for weights

• Molotow Belton premium spray paint

• Molotow One4All marker
  

  👋 This is my first YouTube video!
  Drop a comment and let me know what you think, what I should make next, or any questions you have about stencil art.
  
  Stencil, spray, smile, repeat
  Bob ✌️❤️

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After some time away, I’m back in the studio and returning to what I’ve missed most; the act of making.
Not just the final image, but the rhythm and patience that come with cutting, spraying and layering colour.

My new series, ‘Today’s Process Is…’, documents that journey. Each short film captures how a piece moves from stencil to surface, shaped entirely by hand.

The first work in the series, Betty, is built from three stencil layers, spray paint, ink and pastel.
Every piece is unique. The overspray, the small imperfections, the raw edges are all part of what makes the handmade process so honest.

It’s not only about the image, but the craft that brings it to life!

Stencil, Spray, Smile, Repeat.

Bob

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