Can images be read from a file into an array?

[40wattstudio]

I have a folder containing several images (.jpg) that I want to place in an array, then pick any (or all) from that array to display. I don't see any appropriate commands that allow this; are there any? (simplicity is important to me!) 

If your images have numbers for the filename you can also do it this way . . . (example is from my game but gives you the general idea).

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  CONST PLAYERDROP = 50 ' number of player animation frames       
  DIM SHARED dropplayer(PLAYERDROP) AS LONG ' player ship animations   
   
    LOCATE 3, 1: PRINT "loading opening animation"
    i = 1
    DO WHILE i <= PLAYERDROP
        drop$ = "SCRAPSHIP\x\gfx\playerdroppng\" + LTRIM$(STR$(i)) + ".png"
        dropplayer(i) = _LOADIMAGE(drop$)
        i = i + 1
    LOOP

Then afterwards use good ole _PUTIMAGE. Using an array like this is great for animations. 
See attached picture for an example of the folder contents that the array is iterating through.