Exquisite paintings as visually seductive as they are technically complex

British painter Stephen Thorpe’s solo show at Wolfgang Gallery is a feast for the eyes and a delightful head trip. It’s not typical to encounter in a contemporary art gallery the degree of dreamy, virtuoso beauty seen in British artist Stephen Thorpe’s paintings, which feel more like historic work you’d see in European art museums.

Thorpe’s exquisite solo exhibition at Wolfgang Gallery, “Who Looks Outside, Dreams; Who Looks Inside, Awakes,” takes its title and cue from psychoanalyst Carl Jung, in envisioning nature as a portal to higher consciousness.