Deborah Grant: first New York artist full-length episode on The Conversation

Thieves In The Night , 2011 Oil, archival ink, flashe paint, enamel and acrylic on birch panel 72 x 192 x 2 inches. All images: Steve Turner Contemporary

Thieves In The Night , 2011, detail

Thieves In The Night , 2011, detail

The Birth of a Genius in the Midnight Sun, 2012 Mixed media on wood panel (24 panels) 75 x 154 1/2 inches

The Birth of a Genius in the Midnight Sun, 2012, detail

Final Destination (From Oslo to Long Island), 2011 Archival ink on Arches water color paper 30 x 22 1/4 inches

Holcha and Willie’s First Dance, 2011 Archival ink on Arches water color paper 30 x 22 1/4 inches

Hostile Record Keeping, 2011 Photo paper and enamel on red painted birch panel 24 x 18 inches

The Snake Pit, 2011 Photo paper, oil and enamel on red painted birch panel 24 x 18 inches

Suicide Notes To The Self, 2008. Oil, archival ink, paper, flashe paint and enamel on five birch panels, 72 x 240 inches

Suicide Notes To The Self, 2008, detail

Suicide Notes to the Self (2008), detail

Moon Over Harlem 1, 2012 Oil and acrylic on birch panel 35 x 53 x 1 inches

Moon Over Harlem 4, 2012 Oil and acrylic on birch panel 54 x 32 x 1 inches

A Gin Cure, Installation view, Roebling Hall, New York, 2006