The Dates in a Life Walking Project 2023 was a year-long painting documenting the number of steps I walked each day. I've documented my steps in paintings since 2016.

The base monoprinted grid is multi-colored with Iridescent Bronze background paint to signify the days days I was home or away vs. when I was in the office at work, all of which have an influence on the number of steps I walked each day. Documenting days off was the opposite from what I did in 2022, when I documented days at work.

I prefer to walk for exercise, as time permits, outside in addition to whatever other walking I do as I go about my day. My goal is to walk as much as I can every day. I use the Pedometer app on my iPhone to document my steps, miles, and flights of stairs climbed.

I use a system of symbols to represent each thousand steps. Instead of showing exactly how many I walk. The black icons represent up to 9999 steps walked each day, red represents 10,000-19,999 steps and yellow represents 20,000-29,999 steps.

The green dots in the middle of the icons starting in mid-May and off and on through the end of 2023 signify a foot injury that limited my walking for exercise. The bigger dots indicate foot pain and the smaller dots indicate less pain but still needing to be aware I had a healing foot.