Fred Haberlein
# Fred Haberlein

Fred F. Haberlein was an American muralist, painter, and sculptor. He grew up at Conejos Ranch, a guest ranch in Conejos County, Colorado. He studied sculpture and printmaking in college, but he was best known for his murals throughout the western United States, predominantly in Colorado. He lived near Glenwood Springs, Colorado and died in 2018.

Haberlein was twice nominated for the Colorado Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts. He taught art classes at Colorado Mountain College for eighteen years. His first mural was rendered in Oracle, AZ in 1977, and he completed over 130 murals since then. A Native American friend gave him the name "Lightning Heart," which he used professionally. Haberlein completed more single-handed murals than any other U.S. artist.

## List of murals by location

### Colorado

**San Luis Valley**

**Alamosa**

| Site | Title/Subject | Dimensions | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| U.S. Post Office | The San Luis Valley | 4 x 48 ft. | |
| Crane Building, Main Street | Whooping Cranes and Wetlands | 32 x 43 ft. | |
| Big A Auto Parts Motor Coach Bus | Mt. Blanca Sunrise | 3 x 16 ft. | |
| Big A Auto Parts Motor Coach Bus | Sangre de Cristo Panorama | 3 x 16 ft. | |
| Walsh Motel Bar | Toltec Gorge | 6 x 8 ft. | |
| Valley-Wide Health Services | Sierra Vista | 3 x 36 ft. | oil painting |
| KRZA Radio | Pictorial Logo | 8 ft. circle | |
| Meriwether Photo Van | The High Country | 6 x 34 ft. | wrap-around, no longer in existence |
| Sports Family Haircare | The Latir Lakes | 4 x 7 ft. | no longer in existence |
| Trinidad State Junior College | The Great Thunder Bear | 4.5 x 9 ft. | painted sculpture |

**San Luis Valley**

**Antonito**

| Site | Title/Subject | Dimensions | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| Antonito High School | Trojan Horse Design #1 | 4 x 6 ft. | no longer in existence |
| Antonito High School | Trojan Horse Design #2 | 4 x 6 ft. | no longer in existence |
| Antonito High School | Trojan Warrior | 4 x 6 ft. | |
| Antonito High School | The Four Seasons | 8 x 50 ft. | cafeteria/meeting rooms |
| Antonito High School | The Judgment of Paris | 4 x 6 ft. | entry |
| Antonito High School | The Battle between Hector and Achilles | 4 x 6 ft. | |
| Cristo El Rey Church | Dove of the Holy Spirit | 4 x 10 ft. | altar mural |
| Cristo El Rey Church | Nine etched glass windows | 2 x 8 ft. each | |
| Main Street | History of the Conejos River Region | 16 x 100 ft. | |
| Main Street | Miracle at Tepeyac - Nuestra Señora del Valle de San Luis | 7 x 28 ft. | |
| Main Street | Quetzalcoatl de Nuevo Aztlan - The Great Water Serpent of the Rio Grande | 8 x 48 ft. | |
| Main Street | Mimbres Rabbit - Conejo for Conejos | 14 ft. circle | |
| Main Street | Mimbres Trout - Truchas de Luz | 10 ft. circle | |
| Main Street | Cattle Drive along the Cumbers and Toltec | 4 x 8 ft. | oil, no longer in existence |
| Narrow Gauge Café | Sun/Eagle/Aspen | 16 x 4 ft. | |
| Narrow Gauge Café | The Box Canyon of the Río San Antonio | 4 x 6.5 ft. | |
| Narrow Gauge Motel | The Cumbers and Toltec Railroad - Four Seasons | 4 x 23 ft. | |
| People's Drug Store (defunct) | The Main Street of Antonito - 199 | 4 x 18.5 ft. |
| People's Drug Store (defunct) | Hayfield in the Bosque | 4.5 x 32 ft. | no longer in existence |
| People's Drug Store (defunct) | San Antonio Mountain | 4.5 x 42 ft. | no longer in existence |
| Private Homes | | 4 x 6 ft. | |
| Private Homes | | 4 x 8 ft. | |
| Private Homes | | 10 x 14 ft. | ceiling |
| Private Homes | | 8 x 14 ft. | ceiling, no longer in existence |
| Silo Park | The History of the San Luis Valley | 40 ft. high each | across four silos |
| S.P.M.D.T.U. Hall | La Alma - The Earth Mother | 9 x 22 ft. | no longer in existence |
| S.P.M.D.T.U. Hall | Los Trabajadores | 20 x 22 ft. | no longer in existence |
| S.P.M.D.T.U. Hall | San Miguel | 12.5 x 16 ft. | no longer in existence |
| U.S. Post Office | Ojo de Dios | | outside |
| U.S. Post Office | American Eagle | 4 x 18 ft. | interior mural, no longer in existence |

**San Luis Valley**

**La Jara**

| Site | Title/Subject | Dimensions | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| U.S. Post Office | The Conejos High Country | 4 x 32 ft. | |
| High Valley Insurance Building | The High Valley | 7 x 50 ft. | |
| Valdez Law Offices | Shepherd's Sunrise | 8 x 38 ft. | |
| U.S. West Phone Building | The Old Platoro Line Terrace Reservoir | 12 x 20 ft. | |
| La Jara Trading Post | The Wild Horses | 10 x 130 ft. | |
| Probvost-Le Febre Wool Warehouse | The Rams | 10 x 30 ft. | |
| Catholic Church | Adoration of the Magi | 4 x 16 ft. | |
| Long Branch Saloon | Animal Map Alaska to Guatemala | 4 x 10 ft. | |
| Centauri High School | Peregrine Falcon | 15 x 25 ft. | entry |
| Centauri High School | Peregrine Falcon | 10 x 23 ft. | gymnasium |
| Max Lara Home | Cañon Diablo | 4 x 6 ft. | |

**San Luis Valley**

**Manassa**

| Site | Title/Subject | Dimensions | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| Town Hall | | 3 x 24 ft. | |
| Park | Jack Dempsey Portrait | 8 x 12 ft. | |
| Main Street | Jack Dempsey in 1921 | 17 x 50 ft. | homage to George Bellows |
| Main Street | America's Farmers and Ranchers Feed the World | 17 x 50 ft. | |
| Main Street | Hummingbirds and Columbine Clock | 5 ft. diameter | |
| Mormon Pioneer Days Rodeo Grounds | Fence, Running Rodeo Animals | 8 x 1,000 ft. | no longer in existence |
| Mormon Pioneer Days Rodeo Grounds | Bronco Busters | 15 x 32 ft. | no longer in existence |
| Mayor's House | Eagle | 4 x 6 ft. | |

**San Luis Valley**

**Other**

| Town/Village | Site | Title/Subject | Dimensions | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Bountiful, CO | Conejos Propane Co. | San Luis Valley Sunrise | 10 x 35 ft. | |
| Cañón | Valdino Gallegos House | Big Game Animals | 8 x 16 ft. | |
| Cañón | Valdino Gallegos House | Elk | 4 x 16 ft. | |
| Capulin, CO | Junior High School Gym | Peregrine Falcons | 12 x 23 ft. | |
| Center, CO | La Frontera | Bright Promise | 10 x 60 ft. | |
| Center, CO | Center High School | The McClure Memorial | 12 x 34 ft. | |
| Conejos, CO | U.S. Post Office | The Old Plaza at Conejos | 2 x 12 ft. | |
| Conejos, CO | U.S. Post Office | Gates | 4 x 6 ft. | no longer in existence |
| Conejos, CO | U.S. Post Office | The Old Jaramillo House | 5 x 12 ft. | |
| Conejos Canyon | Johnson House | Virgin of Guadalupe | 4 x 8 ft. | |
| Creede, CO | Mineral County Courthouse | Al Randel Memorial Mural - Bristol Head | 4 x 7 ft. | |
| Del Norte, CO | Rio Grande County Museum | Colorado's San Luis Valley | 4 x 24 ft. | |
| Las Mesitas | Lionel Ruybal House | Los Mogotes | 9 x 16 ft. | |
| Moffat, CO | Moffat/Crestone Schools | The Crestones | 6 x 10 ft., 10 x 20 ft., 10 x 10 ft. | three-wall mural, no longer in existence |
| Mogote | Key's Mogote Store | Los Mogotes | 4 x 18 ft. | |
| Rito Hondo | Art Trujillo House | Buffalo and Grizzly | 10 x 16 ft. | |
| Romeo, CO | Silo at U.S. 285 | Whooping Cranes | 18 x 22 ft. | |
| Romeo, CO | Abe's Place (defunct) | The Evening Star (Six Sun Power Designs) | 9 x 28 ft. | |
| Saguache, CO | Mountain Valley School | Cochetopa Pass Buffalos | 10 x 40 ft. | |
| San Antonio | Jr. Madril House | Conejos Peak | 8 x 15 ft. | |
| San Luis, CO | U.S. Post Office | San Luis - Colorado's Oldest Town | 3 x 18 ft. | |

**Glenwood Springs**

| Site | Title/Subject | Dimensions | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| Summit Canyon Mountaineering | The Crystal and Roaring Fork Valleys from Mushroom Rock | 15 x 16 ft. | oil |
| Highway 82 - Ed Larsh Barn | The Restore the Train Mural | 18 x 60 ft. | no longer in existence |
| Glenwood Caverns and Adventure Park | Glenwood Caverns | 22 x 40 ft. | |
| Colorado Mountain College Offices, Grand Ave. & 8th | The Flattops Wilderness | 10 x 51 ft. | |
| Community Center Lobby | Chair Mountain in Fall | 3 x 5 ft. | oil |
| Community Center Lobby | Goblin Gulch | 3 x 5 ft. | oil |
| Community Center Lobby | No Name Arch | 4 x 6 ft. | oil |
| Community Center Lobby | No Name Arch | 4 x 6 ft. | oil |
| Community Center Lobby | Mount Sopris from Ski Sunlight | 4 x 12 ft. | oil |
| Glenwood Springs Community Center | Caribbean Beach | 9.5 x 11 ft. | |
| Glenwood Springs Community Center | Mt. Sopris | 5 x 7 ft. | |
| Colorado Mountain College Blake Center | Geology of the West | 2 x 6 ft. | |
| McConnell Home | Train Mural | 3 x 12 ft. each | three walls |
| Old Cardiff School Park | Sunlight | 3 x 4 ft. | panel |
| Old Cardiff School Park | Moonlight | 3 x 4 ft. | panel |
| Calvin Lee and Assoc. Law Office | North Couloir - Mt. Sopris | 3 x 4 ft. | |
| City Hall | Old Time Canyon | 4 x 12 ft. | |
| City Hall | Flaming Gorge | 6 x 8 ft. | |
| Red Mountain Inn | Pictographs and Petroglyphs | 10 x 60 ft. | |
| Red Mountain Inn | Eaves | 10 x 18 ft. | |
| Red Mountain Inn | Additional Eaves | 3 x 7 ft., 10 x 18 ft. | |
| Ortega Home, Red Canyon | Coyotes and Moon | 9 x 16 ft. | stairwell |
| Little Bavarian Restaurant | The Bederzee | 5 x 9 ft. | |
| Little Bavarian Restaurant | The Little Bavarians | 8.5 x 8.5 ft. | |
| Little Bavarian Restaurant | Bouquets of Gentians and Edelweiss | 4 x 4 ft. | total of two |
| Little Bavarian Restaurant | Flowered sign border | | |
| Colorado Canoe and Kayak, Grand Ave. | Mt. Sopris and the Roaring Fork and Crystal Rivers | 12 x 22 ft. | |

**Other**

| Town/Village | Site | Title/Subject | Dimensions | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Carbondale, CO | Dinkle Building | The Interconnected Web of Life - Chair Mountain and the Crystal River | 9 x 48 ft. | |
| Carbondale, CO | Dinkle Building | The Crystal River and Mount Sopris | 4 x 16 ft. | no longer in existence |
| Carbondale, CO | Fire House, Public Meeting Room | First Snow | 4 x 16 ft. | |
| Carbondale, CO | City Hall | Los Mestizos | 10 x 10 ft. | with Leo Tanguma for The Latino Festivals |
| Gunnison | Main Street | Gunnison Hayfields and Ohio Creek | 17 x 62 ft. | |
| Leadville, CO | Main Street and 3rd | Leadville U.S.A. | 18 x 42 ft. | |
| Leadville, CO | National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum | The Rockies - Mt. Massive and the Upper Arkansas | 4 x 22 ft. | Seven murals collectively titled America's Great Mining Regions |
| Leadville, CO | National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum | The Desert - Sonoran Desert Thunderheads | 4 x 23.5 ft. | |
| Leadville, CO | National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum | The East - Appalachian Autumn | 4 x 24 ft. | |
| Leadville, CO | National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum | Man into Space - The First Steps | 4 x 24 ft. | |
| Leadville, CO | National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum | Above Timberline | 4 x 24 ft. | |
| Leadville, CO | National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum | The California Gold Rush - Chimney Rock, Nebraska | 4 x 24 ft. | |
| Leadville, CO | National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum | The Old Log Flume - Lake Tahoe | 4 x 24 ft. | |
| Rifle | Bookcliffs Arts Council Barn | | 8 x 28 ft. | with Diane Seabrook |
| Salida, CO | | The Mighty Arkansas and the Angel of Shavano | 14 x 100 ft. | |
| Salida, CO | | Free The Monkey | 5 x 10 ft. | two jungle signs |
| Salida, CO | Sawdusky Bldg., F Street | The High Mountains | 4 x 8 ft. | |
| Snowmass Village | | Snowmass Landscape | 7.5 x 45 ft. | cut steel |

### Outside Colorado, national and international

| Location | Site | Title/Subject | Dimensions | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Oracle, AZ | Mother Cody's Cafe | Desert Night | 15 x 42 ft. | no longer in existence |
| Oracle, AZ | Mother Cody's Cafe | White Buffalo - The Stampede | 15 x 42 ft. | no longer in existence |
| Oracle, AZ | Acadia Ranch Museum | Cañada del Oro | 5 x 21 ft. | |
| Oracle, AZ | Rancho Linda Vista | Falcon House | 8 x 50 ft. | wraparound |
| Oracle, AZ | Waterbird House | Desert Vista and four doors with Waterbird designs | 10 x 29 ft. | |
| Oracle, AZ | Jones House | Red Vista with Yuccas | 10 x 32 ft. | |
| Tucson, AZ | Blue Willow Café | Blue Willow Legend | 10 x 28 ft. | N. Campbell Ave. |
| Tucson, AZ | N. Campbell Ave. Parking Area | Blue Willow and Lovebirds | 10 x 15 ft. | no longer in existence |
| Tucson, AZ | Creative Solutions Solar Consultants | Sun Power in the Desert | 16 x 60 ft. | no longer in existence |
| Tucson, AZ | Tucson Art Museum | Desert Canyon | 5 x 23 ft. | opening day mural |
| Roseberg, OR | First National Bank | The Rocky Mountains after Albert Bierstadt | 4 x 8 ft. | W/M Moore and B. Bell |
| New York, NY | Manhattan Office Building - 48th Floor | Cherry Valley Moonrise | 4 x 8 ft. | |
| Santa Fe, NM | Santa Fe Stoveworks | The Lenticular Cloud - Limber Pines at Timberline | 4 x 8 ft. | |
| Quito, Ecuador | Adam and Eve Restaurant | The Garden of Eden | 6 x 24 ft. | |
