We seem to be seeing a lot of this lately: artists finally catching up and realizing that guitars and guitar accessories are beautiful. Here’s another example. From the Electro-Harmonix blog:

Robin Rose is a long-established painter specializing in ‘encaustic’ works, but back in 1979 he played guitar and synth for new-wave/punk band Urban Verbs (Warner) and regularly performed at clubs like CBGB here in NYC.

For Robin’s new exhibit, titled “Cypher” (April 7-May 17, American University Museum, Washington DC, info/pics), he changes gears and revisits those roots.

“Ascendant” (below, starting top-right) captures the skyward joy that comes when you catch a good groove. Gearheads, from top to bottom: that’s a 1965 Fender Stratocaster with reverse tremolo, gold guitar cable, Marshall 800 Lead Amp Head, 1960 Slant speaker cabinet.