Painter and teacher who graduated in fine art from Lanchester Polytechnic, gained his master’s in painting at Chelsea College of Art and postgraduate certificate in education at Birmingham Polytechnic. He was on the staff of Solihull College for many years. Littlehales was a founder-member of The Firm artists’ group and produced “loosely Super-Realist figurative compositions in oils.” He was several times Leicester Schools & Colleges artist-in-residence and was involved in their exhibitions from 1982. His many other shows included Chichester Open Exhibition, 1976; City Art Gallery, Carlisle, 1985; Leamington Art Gallery, 1989; Art Machine at McClellan Galleries, Glasgow, 1990; Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery, 1992; and Goldmark Gallery, Uppingham, 1998.