Errol Barnes (Australia) ceramics

Errol Barnes. Born in Brisbane in 1941, and began general teacher training in Brisbane after which he spent two years training in art at the Central Technical College. There, he learned from Australian ceramicists Carl McConnell and Milton Moon. He became a full-time potter in 1965, and was one of the first artists to show with art dealer Ray Hughes, whose Brisbane gallery opened in 1969. He turned professional and remained in Brisbane until after which he moved to a rural block at Springbrook in the Gold Coast Hinterland where he established Lyrebird Ridge Pottery where he trained many aspiring Australian potters.