Debra Lott is an American figurative artist from South Florida, now based in Louisville, KY. Her work focuses on figurative paintings that empower women and reflect upon the human experience. Her portfolio includes socially conscious themes that communicate human values and emotions. Lott completed her undergraduate degree at Palm Beach Atlantic University and received her Master's of Art in Teaching Art from Florida Atlantic University. She studied privately under Graham Ingles, EC Comic illustrator. Lott has practiced oil painting and portraiture while instructing art classes since 1971. Selected exhibitions include: FL Atlantic University, Evansville Museum of Fine Art, KY, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, KY, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Miami, Eastern Kentucky University, Xavier University, Cincinnati and Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wisconsin.Selected awards include: International Artist Magazine, (Finalist Award), American Women Artists, (Outstanding Figurative Award), 16th International ARC Salon Competition, (Finalist), Portrait Society of America, Member’s Competition, (Finalist), and Save Art Space- Solo Public Art Exhibit, Louisville, KY and Seattle Washington. Recent publications include International Artist Magazine, New Visionary Magazine and Fine Art Connoisseur. Lott is a grant recipient from Kentucky Funds for the Arts, Kentucky Foundation for Women and Great Meadows Foundation, KY. Notable collections include Norton Cancer Institute, Family Scholar House of Louisville, KY and The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services.Debra Lott is among a select group of artists to have their artwork on the moon (digital and analog technology in time capsules) and among the first of women artists to have her painting on the lunar surface. The Lunar Codex is the first project to put the work of women artists on the Moon and also represents the first figurative realist art on the lunar surface. Lott’s work was selected by Samuel Peralta the payload coordinator and curator for the Lunar Codex.