An alternative method is adding all the pictures (renaming image with % as their names) into Anytype, then create an object-supported relation, limit the object type to image, then you should be able to search for these image more easily.
It would display the file name as well, but if the column width in a set/collection is just fit, you should be able to display the picture only.
If advance filter is implemented to object-supported relation, it would be even quicker to reach for the options you need, by further limiting the available options to files with % names only.