Italian artist turns wine into art in Nairobi workshop

Italian artist Rita Barbero, also known as PurpleRyta, is in the country courtesy of the Italian Institute of Culture. Last Thursday, she held a unique art experience at Ikigai in Westlands, Nairobi, where she introduced attendees, mostly wine lovers, to her wine-on-paper technique.

"In my wine painting classes, the focus isn't on tasting the wine, but rather on using it as a medium. I start by putting a spot of wine on the paper and letting it spread. When it is dry, I paint where the spot suggests,” she says.