This is the month of June for my Dates in a Life Walking Project 2026 painting, a year-long painting documenting the number of steps I walked each day. I have documented my steps in paintings since 2016.
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.
In June I walked over 20,000 steps two times thanks to being away and without a car on both days, and over 10,000 steps 13 times because of warmer (but not hot) weather.
The base monoprinted grid is black, was Florescent Magenta background paint to signify the days (mostly weekends, but also including holidays, vacations days, and sick days) I was not at work, which usually gave me more time to walk for exercise than the days I am at work.
The base monoprinted grid is black, was Florescent Magenta background paint to signify the days (mostly weekends, but also including holidays, vacations days, and sick days) I was not at work, which usually gave me more time to walk for exercise than the days I am at work.
Starting on June 19, I changed the background color to Light Phthalo Blue to signify the days I technically on "vacation" and still on the payroll at work, but I actually retired from my day job and my email access ended. Starting in July, the background color will change again when I am fully retired.
Under some individual days, there is a painted line of color to represent reasons that may lower or raise the number of steps I walked that day, such as snow, rainy, extreme hot or cold, illness, and vacation.
The painting is created with monoprinted textures of a construction fence as the background, handstamped rubber erasers on fabric which are collaged on the background grid, as well as handpainting and stitching on stiffened fabric.
The second image shows January through June and plenty of room for the rest of the year.
