Born in Denver, Colorado, Bruce started his art career in the screen printing business as an apprentice to Gene Licht in New York.

Capra quickly became a master screen printer. He screen printed works of art for such notable artists as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Earl Biss, Rance Hood and many others.

Capra attended the Foothills Institute of Art in Golden, CO. He studied under Greg Wilhelmi, an associate educator at the Colorado Institute of Art in Denver. Capra also attended the Missouri Auction and Appraisal School. As a fine art auctioneer for over 40 years, he has conducted over 1,000 fine art auctions around the world.

Capra has been represented in many galleries around the country and his works can be found in both private and corporate collections.

He has studied the approaches of many artists; however Kandinsky, Dali, Miro, Disney and the Impressionists have all had the utmost influence on his art. He starts a painting with several vibrant lush colorful brush strokes. As it progresses, the painting almost like “magic” finds its own direction and what it communicates.