winow backgrounds

Hello, I have a wx.Panel with a bitmap background that is a
gradient; grey to white from left to right.

I have wx.StaticText objects on(as children) of this
panel. Obviously, with no modifications, the wx.StaticText items appear
as white boxes with black text in them. Is there a way for the
wx.StaticText object to inherit the background of the wx.Panel and therefore
have the same gradient shade at that spot in the paenl? I could manually
set the backgrounds of the wx.StaticText objects to the particular gradient
shade at that point for a fairly decent look but that would be a tedious hack
at best.

Ah, it just occurred to me that I could use a DC and DrawText
but I’m thinking that wouldn’t be too great because then my text
would not be managed by the wx.Panel’s sizer

Any help, thoughts appreciated.

Thx

Rob Brooks