Here Are 11 Must-See Gallery Shows This Armory Art Week

At first glance, you almost feel you can step inside Stephen Thorpe’s oil paintings of full-scale, elegantly appointed interiors that meld into dreamy landscapes. His latest suite of eight works is inspired by the “dream house,” psychoanalyst Carl Jung’s concept of the human mind as a home divided into different floors. Each painting shows the corner of a room, combining surrealist and naturalistic elements, as well as areas of thick impasto contrasting with more realistic passages.

September 4, 2024