Les Jones ARUA

Les Jones was born in Yorkshire and studied at the Bradford College of Art and Crafts. He began working as a designer for Tootal Ltd before moving to Ireland in 1964 to work as a Design Manager at the Ulster Print Works. The artist was a senior lecturer in printed textiles at the University of Ulster, is an Associate Academician of the Royal Ulster Academy (RUA), a member the Watercolour Society of Ireland, past president of the Arts Society of Ulster and the Ulster Watercolour Society and has received an MBE for his services to the community.

Along with exhibiting with the aforementioned societies, Jones has had works shown in the Mall Galleries in London, the First Sight Fine Art Gallery in Bath and in his own gallery, The Carnathan Gallery.