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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Jim Kellar

A son's colourful tribute to the mighty Max Lees

Justin Lees with some of the artworks he is preparing for his new solo show, I Saw Your Ghost Tonight, a tribute to his late father, Max Lees, at Wester Gallery opening August 4. PIcture by Jonathan Carroll

Justin Lees is a natural storyteller. He has a gift for words and descriptive narratives, and a bundle of real-life experiences to draw from.

Always into art and design, he started on the path of running his own clothing design businesses. But in recent years, he's turned his attention to full-time art, letting his art do the talking, releasing a strong flow of abstract expressionism works to critical and commercial success.

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