Rod
capps

Rod Capps, 52, was born in Brighton, UK. In 2007 he and his partner moved to rural Southern France to begin a new adventure.

Rod’s career has spanned across many fields, from running his own greyhound racing team, co-founding a new business research company – to building and renovating houses in France.

Today his passion is to grow the Vinny Vine family of sculptures. The idea began while observing the day-to-day working life of the vineyard opposite his home. An opportunity occurred when the owners were removing and discarding their century old vines and replacing them. He admired the beauty, shape and figurative potential of the old vines and created his first sculpture in 2016, aptly named Vinny Vine. From there he wrote a short story of how the vines 'came to life’ as he continued to create new members of the Vine family.

With no formal training, Rod never envisaged being an artist however his life in France became the perfect backdrop and unleashed his creativity. From there he began experimenting with ideas…

Each sculpture is unique and cannot be replicated.

This will be Rod’s first opportunity to exhibit his work.