Fred Haberlein Explained

Fred F. Haberlein
Birth Date:	7 December 1944

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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

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.
	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

Antonito

Site	Title/Subject	Dimensions	Notes
Antonito High School	Trojan Horse Design #1	4 x 6 ft.	no longer in existence
	Trojan Horse Design #2	4 x 6 ft.	no longer in existence
	Trojan Warrior	4 x 6 ft.
	The Four Seasons	8 x 50 ft.	cafeteria/meeting rooms
	The Judgment of Paris	4 x 6 ft.	entry
	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
	Nine etched glass windows	2 x 8 ft. each
Main Street	History of the Conejos River Region	16 x 100 ft.
	Miracle at Tepeyac - Nuestra Señora del Valle de San Luis	7 x 28 ft.
	Quetzalcoatl de Nuevo Aztlan - The Great Water Serpent of the Rio Grande	8 x 48 ft.
	Mimbres Rabbit - Conejo for Conejos	14 ft. circle
	Mimbres Trout - Truchas de Luz	10 ft. circle
	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.
	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.
	Hayfield in the Bosque	4.5 x 32 ft.	no longer in existence
	San Antonio Mountain	4.5 x 42 ft.	no longer in existence
Private Homes		4 x 6 ft.
		4 x 8 ft.
		10 x 14 ft.	ceiling
		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
	Los Trabajadores	20 x 22 ft.	no longer in existence
	San Miguel	12.5 x 16 ft.	no longer in existence
U.S. Post Office	Ojo de Dios		outside
	American Eagle	4 x 18 ft.	interior mural, no longer in existence

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
	Peregrine Falcon	10 x 23 ft.	gymnasium
Max Lara Home	Cañon Diablo	4 x 6 ft.

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
	America's Farmers and Ranchers Feed the World	17 x 50 ft.
	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
	Bronco Busters	15 x 32 ft.	no longer in existence
Mayor's House	Eagle	4 x 6 ft.

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.
		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 High School	The McClure Memorial	12 x 34 ft.
Conejos, CO	U.S. Post Office	The Old Plaza at Conejos	2 x 12 ft.
		Gates	4 x 6 ft.	no longer in existence
		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.
	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
	Goblin Gulch	3 x 5 ft.	oil
	No Name Arch	4 x 6 ft.	oil
	No Name Arch	4 x 6 ft.	oil
	Mount Sopris from Ski Sunlight	4 x 12 ft.	oil
Glenwood Springs Community Center	Caribbean Beach	9.5 x 11 ft.
	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
	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.
	Flaming Gorge	6 x 8 ft.
Red Mountain Inn	Pictographs and Petroglyphs	10 x 60 ft.
	Eaves	10 x 18 ft.
	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.
	The Little Bavarians	8.5 x 8.5 ft.
	Bouquets of Gentians and Edelweiss	4 x 4 ft.	total of two
	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.
		The Crystal River and Mount Sopris	4 x 16 ft.	no longer in existence
	Fire House, Public Meeting Room	First Snow	4 x 16 ft.
	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.
	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
		The Desert - Sonoran Desert Thunderheads	4 x 23.5 ft.
		The East - Appalachian Autumn	4 x 24 ft.
		Man into Space - The First Steps	4 x 24 ft.
		Above Timberline	4 x 24 ft.
		The California Gold Rush - Chimney Rock, Nebraska	4 x 24 ft.
		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.
		Free The Monkey	5 x 10 ft.	two jungle signs
	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
		White Buffalo - The Stampede	15 x 42 ft.	no longer in existence
	Acadia Ranch Museum	Cañada del Oro	5 x 21 ft.
	Rancho Linda Vista	Falcon House	8 x 50 ft.	wraparound
	Waterbird House	Desert Vista and four doors with Waterbird designs	10 x 29 ft.
	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.
	N. Campbell Ave. Parking Area	Blue Willow and Lovebirds	10 x 15 ft.	no longer in existence
	Creative Solutions Solar Consultants	Sun Power in the Desert	16 x 60 ft.	no longer in existence
	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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Frederick Fitzjarrald Haberlein (December 7, 1944 — April 16, 2018).
2. Web site: A glimpse into a Lightning Heart . 2015-05-24.
3. Web site: Fred Lightning Heart, Part 1 . 2015-05-24.