{"id":674918,"date":"2026-11-04T17:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T17:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/674918\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T17:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T17:30:16","slug":"visible-brushstrokes-push-on-a-subtle-grid-in-stelios-pupets-contemplative-scenes-colossal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/674918\/","title":{"rendered":"Visible Brushstrokes Push on a Subtle Grid in Stelios Pupet&#8217;s Contemplative Scenes \u2014 Colossal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From his studio in Athens, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steliospupet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Stelios Pupet<\/a> renders meditative paintings that place organic elements within a subtle grid. The artist always begins with a structural matrix that he builds upon, sometimes leaving a square angle for a cloud or section of grass and other times manipulating the form into a natural curve.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent months, Pupet has begun to experiment with different media like pastel pencils and plans to incorporate oil pastels into his larger works on canvas. The shifts in his practice have been small, and \u201cI think that just things got a little bit more wise,\u201d he tells Colossal. In addition to a trio of works in progress in his studio, Pupet has several murals planned for 2027, which you can keep up with on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stelios_pupet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/pupet-4.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-479032\" title=\"\u201cCurrent state\u201d (2026), Columbia records factory, Athens\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cCurrent state\u201d (2026), Columbia records factory, Athens\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cCurrent state\u201d (2026), Columbia records factory, Athens\" data-rl_><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2997\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/pupet-4.jpg\" alt=\"a mural by Stelios Pupet of a yellow-orange dropping flower on a small wall amid destruction\" class=\"wp-image-479095\"  \/><\/a>\u201cCurrent state\u201d (2026), Columbia records factory, Athens<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/pupet-3.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-479032\" title=\"\u201cReflection of a whisper\u201d (2024), oil on canvas, 120 x 160 centimeters\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cReflection of a whisper\u201d (2024), oil on canvas, 120 x 160 centimeters\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cReflection of a whisper\u201d (2024), oil on canvas, 120 x 160 centimeters\" data-rl_><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/pupet-3.jpg\" alt=\"a painting by Stelios Pupet of a figure standing in a courtyard with lounge chairs and a cactus\" class=\"wp-image-479094\"  \/><\/a>\u201cReflection of a whisper\u201d (2024), oil on canvas, 120 x 160 centimeters<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/pupet-2.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-479032\" title=\"\u201cGefu\u0308ge\u201d (2026), Eberbach, Germany\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cGefu\u0308ge\u201d (2026), Eberbach, Germany\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cGefu\u0308ge\u201d (2026), Eberbach, Germany\" data-rl_><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"3030\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/pupet-2.jpg\" alt=\"a mural by stelios pupet of a woman seated on a stone next to water with swans\" class=\"wp-image-479093\"  \/><\/a>\u201cGefu\u0308ge\u201d (2026), Eberbach, Germany<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/pupet-7.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-479032\" title=\"\u201cReminiscence\u201d (2025), oil on canvas, 120 x 80 centimeters\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cReminiscence\u201d (2025), oil on canvas, 120 x 80 centimeters\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cReminiscence\u201d (2025), oil on canvas, 120 x 80 centimeters\" data-rl_><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/pupet-7.jpg\" alt=\"a painting by stelios pupet of a woman in a large-brimmed hat descending a staircase among adobe walls surrounded by cacti\" class=\"wp-image-479098\"  \/><\/a>\u201cReminiscence\u201d (2025), oil on canvas, 120 x 80 centimeters<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/pupet-1.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-479032\" title=\"\u201cGefu\u0308ge\u201d (2026), Eberbach, Germany\" data-rl_title=\"\u201cGefu\u0308ge\u201d (2026), Eberbach, Germany\" data-rl_caption=\"\u201cGefu\u0308ge\u201d (2026), Eberbach, Germany\" data-rl_><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/pupet-1.jpg\" alt=\"a mural by stelios pupet of a woman seated on a stone next to water with swans\" class=\"wp-image-479092\"  \/><\/a>\u201cGefu\u0308ge\u201d (2026), Eberbach, Germany<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/members\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"118516\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colossal Member<\/a> now, and support independent arts publishing.<\/p>\n<p>Hide advertising<\/p>\n<p>Save your favorite articles<\/p>\n<p>Get 15% off in the <a href=\"https:\/\/colossal.shop\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colossal Shop<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Receive members-only newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Give 1% for art supplies in K-12 classrooms<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From his studio in Athens, Stelios Pupet renders meditative paintings that place organic elements within a subtle grid.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674919,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,19535,61,60,10924,2283,4199,285826,9539],"class_list":["post-674918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-flowers","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-murals","tag-painting","tag-public-art","tag-stelios-pupet","tag-street-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}