Les is available for commissions and his clients include, English Heritage, The National Trust, Shell Oil, Yorkshire Television, Honda UK, Rotary International, Halifax Building Society, and The Yorkshire Agricultural Society for whom he arranges a prestigious Art Show at the Great Yorkshire Show annually. Les is also a volunteer worker for Wakefield Hospice and arranges an Art Exhibition each year in his home town of Wakefield to help raise funds. He widely supports many charities including The Ilkley Candlelighters, The Acorn Trust, The Dickie Bird Foundation, Horticap and the RNLI.

He is a member of the select Fylingdales Group of Artists, and exhibits with them annually at the Pannett Gallery in Whitby. Les is widely known for his work with society magazine Yorkshire Life, and produces annually 'Yorkshire in Watercolour' calendar for Judges Postcards, and Emmerdale’s Christmas Card. He demonstrates his art techniques to Art Clubs and other organizations, and is a well known after dinner speaker.

He has been a life long advocate of improving driving standards, and is a keen motorcyclist. He was awarded the MBE in the Millenium Honours for his services to Road Safety. This year he will achieve 30 years as an examiner for the Institute of Advanced Motorists.

He lives in Wakefield with his wife Judith and his rescued Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Stanley.