Nairobi, Feb. 5 -- 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.

Rita began painting with wine in 2013 while working in communications for wine companies. As a part-time artist, she was curious about combining her knowledge of wine with her passion for painting to create uni...