I'm Pedri — Peter A. J. De Ridder. Born in Ghent in 1962, I work from Lede in Belgium. I never trained as an artist the usual way; I taught myself, piece by piece, through books, long hours and a few years at the academy. I paint and draw in whatever language a piece asks for, and I sign each one “PeDRi”.
I've never been able to stay inside one style — and I've stopped trying. One day it's a face in soft, careful light; the next it's hard lines and colour that won't sit still. Curved forms, strict geometry, the things I see around me, the things I only imagine — they all end up on the same walls. People tell me my work looks like it came from many different hands. It didn't. It's a kaleidoscope, but it's all me. If something here makes you pause for a moment, that's the whole point — come closer, and stay a while.
