Grotti Lotti | Contemporary and quirky Australian artist

Grotti Lotti is an artist based in Hamilton Victoria, Gunditjmara.

Inspired by the surrounding mountains, blooms, wildlife, beaches and magic landscapes, her art hangs proudly in homes world wide.

How do you describe Grotti Lotti art? It’s free, quirky, happy, colourful, loose, contemporary. Art that brings happiness and speaks to all ages.

Your mum, great aunt Shirl, your son or second-cousins-friends-dog will love any piece on their walls.

latest products

Portrait of Annie & Tomato.

Annie was one of my first ever stockists, about 6 years ago now and to celebrate the opening of her new store i have sent off two ORIGINAL art works to brighten up her walls.... and sell to the right owner. Soooo if your in SA - can make the trip to Mount Gambier and are on the hunt for an original work like Tomato (as pictured) go hit her up!!!

"Saw These & Thought Of You" ... a small bunch of originals set to launch early December.

When there's a 14 year old boys birthday party on the go but your home still smells amazing ... COS of this candle 🌱 #truestory

Wanna know a cool story! As of next week we get to employ Mumma Mandy FULL TIME at Grotti Lotti HQ! (You can almost hear Samara and i breathe a sigh of relief)

Never in my wildest dreams did i image my little creative venture / NEED to paint would cover its costs, let alone employ me and now my mum on a full time wage. WILD I KNOW!

Basically thanks to all of YOU yep, your support has allowed this magic! I found myself over the past 6-12 months needing and extra pair of hands - quite literally to keep up with all the ideas. Mum is a 'doer' nurse by trade, and quite honestly the only person for the job.

So let's give a big ol wHOOP WHOOP to Mandy, maker of candles packager of all prints, calendars, gift cards, basically my spare set of hands that will allow more studio time for me (Farrrk yes) and more time in customer service/dispatch/systems management/telling me where i need to be 😂 for Sam.

This also means that as of Nov the store front in Hamo will be open most Thurs/Fri & Sat 🎉

#heymumwannacomecleanthestudio...

Did just sneak a bunch of these into stock. Grab'm whilst they're HOT... and they last.

#itsmygrottigoingOUTmask

Andddd 'BREATHE' it's amazing how much can come to life in 6 full uninterrupted hours.

#backtoschool #ohhowihavemissesthisstudiotime #ilindapainteditformyself

This one's for the kids going back to school today. I have just spent the morning sitting on my studio floor painting, yes painting the graphics for a new Christmas candle label.

I remember being in high school and watching the kids in graphics class work on product design, i am pretty sure they had to design a new milk carton and product from memory.

I watched on with ENVY... unable to measure or focus on the numbers and rules of the graphic class but a HEAD FULL of imagery and ideas, that i new i could paint free hand.

And today, where most would use a clean iPad system to create a simple candle sticker i sit on my studio floor covered in paint knowing that someone else can do that other shit, and i can do this.

Your'e all gonna be great!

X Case

#adhdawarenessmonth

Our first batch of handmade Grotti Lotti hand poured soy candles are avail online at 9am today.

This one 'Bloom' smells like home to me. My fave scent from back in my market candle making days with babes in arms, making magic potions in a big op shop pot on the stove.

That baton has been passed onto my mum and head candle maker and we hope you love them as much as we do!

X us

Slightly dishevelled/fatigued wild woman wears mask, made in Vic, with her own artwork on it & can breathe. I'm taking it as a WIN!

The shit no one wants but we all need coming soon, like mid next week.

Packing and signing today (canvas' bot small children) but she does come in handy for those of you needing a demo of HOW BIG BIG is 🌱

#willowjanerocks #gaia .#love #motherearth

Upping the home school essentials list with some fresh new Grotti notebooks for the kiddo's to start off a new term 🎉

100 lined pages
Sturdy
Locally Made in Hamilton VIC
(yep you are beginning to learn I'm a stifler for this!)
Annnnd PRETTY AF

#isitday876ofhomeschoolinginvic

AVAIL online Monday 🌱
Small batch, locally made (like by my mum) delish smelling, soy wax Grotti Lotti art candles.

She is HERE! And selling fast - we love youzzz & have such a soft spot for this stunning canvas print. Thank you 🌱

Hands up who's ready for tomorrows 'GAIA' limited edition canvas print release 💪🏽 ... here's a pic of my mum to give you a good idea of the SCALE of the piece. #gumboots

Forever playing shops, the 'covid corner' a new office plant called Florence Pugh and a bunch of grotti creations 🌱

Ahh, Gaia - AKA Mother Earth.

After being locked down and home schooling this is where I find myself, relying heavily on Gaia and creation.

My sanctuary and solitude and a place to recharge. Both the studio and nature work well as medicine, the balancing, a place to refill after giving so much to others.

This work was painted after a great big cup-filling walk - a still life piece of a dried banksia branch I have had sitting on the dining room bench, just waiting for the right time to be painted.

Enough rambling now, onto the print itself - to be honest, the print has come up looking STUNNING! Capturing the earthy tones of the linen from the original background, lush layered greens and neutrals. I see this to be a real statement piece without being too loud.

Printed on 400gsm canvas & measuring approximately 1.24m × 1.5m - including about 5ish cm of trim all the way around for stretching and framing. Large enough to sit on a big dining room / living room / ANY room wall, and looks as close to the original as you could ever imagine.

Just 100 available on Monday the 4th Oct at 9am AEST so don't hold off on this one if you are keen as mustard.

Please note this is a limited edition print. Each print will come numbered and signed with a handmade certificate of authenticity from Grotti. Limited print run of 100.

This print DOES NOT come framed. The canvas will come rolled in an art tube to be stretched / framed at her new owners end.

$1100 ing GST & Freight.

Giddy UPPPP!

The next Grotti release is a CORKER! A canvas print so close to the original it makes me do a lil squeal.

Canvas prints, BIG, signed, numbered and limited to 100 launching next Monday 4th Oct at 9am via the website.

Bring it on babes 🌱

#gaia #motherearth #driedbanksia #linen #artprint #canvas #bringingyallthejoy #grottionhertippytoes

Here she is... the canvas print proof of Gaia 🌱

My largest print to date, canvas measuring aprox 124cm x 150cm - yep so big your printers grandchildren have to hold it up to get a quick snap of!

I'm a whole lot in love with this piece.

'Gaia' will be launching Monday 4th October at 9am AEST limited to 100 signed and numbered canvas' price $1,100 inc freight and GST.

Hell even i want one! Pop it on your calendars babes.

Hello my lovelies!

Just a little bit of house keeping, to you wonderful humans emailing and DM ing me about when i'll have more originals avail / the most simple answer i can give you is "hopefully" before Christmas!

All is well! Very well actually - however sometimes my creativity finds ways to spin itself off into product design and crafting - ie, she finds her self making candles, making sure the candle stickers are stunning and currently obsessing over the lush canvas details & size of 'Gaia' a limited edition canvas print to be released soon. 🌱

Soooo, sorry for the novel but a full home renovation/pandemic/home school/work have left less painting time than normal.

I'm not a machine and not putting any pressure on myself to have a certain amount of work done by a certain time. I am however, making sure i get out and move every day, spend time in nature and with my family, and working pretty bloody hard & letting myself rest.

Some dates you CAN look forward to -

'GAIA' limited edition canvas aprox 1.5m x 1.24m release Mon 4th Oct 9am. (Its sooo pretty!!)

And candles / well whenever we (insert mumma Mandy) has stock piled enough to put them online cos y'all hungry for them!

Oh one more thing, shipping on everything is now capped at $10 site wide.

I think thats it... like always a few more things in the pipe works but that should sum up when new works should be avail.

Mwa!!! Xxx Case. (GL)
Enjoy my very 39 year old unfiltered face out in nature instagram 😂

Did you know the first product i ever made and sold at markets were hand poured soy candles?

About 7 years ago now mum let me use her credit card to buy wax, scent, wicks etc (yep i didn't have enough in the budget to pay for craft supplies) but that woman has never once said no when it comes to handing out money for making something or learning something new.

I still make them for friends & for home and have people ask to buy them on the reg.

And now, 7 years later we have come full circle. Today i handed over the baton as head candle maker to my mum. We will be combining my art and yummy smelly burning things to bring you Grotti Lotti candles very soon!

And despite looking like she's making 100's of cocktails / nope they are our own hand poured soy candles... and they are sahhhh pretty!

Featuring and our 2 fave scents to start with...who know's where this magic will end up!

#itsallcomefullcircle #butcherbakercandlestickmaker

info@grottilotti.com.au