Murals
Lacy Hale has been creating interior murals since 2002 and exterior, public murals since 2010. She views public art as a way to beautify communities and to educate the public about the importance of art. She has murals all over the state of Kentucky and Virginia.
Lacy works on various substrates including aluminum panels, polytab material, and painting directly onto the surface of the building or wall. Lacy regularly works with organizations and communities to create mural projects. Contact her for info if you’re interested in a mural in your hometown or place of business.
Project in Progress:
Pieces of Home- Stream of Stories Mural Mosaic
In the summer of 2025 I was lucky enough to work with Cowan Community Action Group to create a mural mosaic incorporating broken treasures from the community members. Watch the video for more information about the project. Thank you to Mimi Pickering and Center for Rural Strategies for the video!
* This project is ongoing and will start up again in the spring of 2026
Possum and Pokeweed Mural, Harlan, KY, 2019 This mural was created through the Mountains of Murals fest in Harlan. The underpainting was painted by the Harlan Counrty High School art students. It was painted on mural cloth (or poly tab). Installation was completed with help by the community.
Southeast Kentucky Rehabilitation Industries Mural, Cumberland, KY 2023
The Steps to Healing and Recovery, Whitesburg, KY, 2024 This was a community mural project to honor the steps to healing from the devastating flooding in 2022 and also to honor the steps to substance abuse recovery.
Tulip Poplar Mural, Lexington, KY 2014
Granny Shores Mural, Pound, VA, 2022
Reading Takes You Places, Corbin, KY 2020
Knott County Artistic Heritage Mural, Hindman, KY, 2010
Whitesburg Farmers Market Food Truck, Whitesburg, KY, 2020
The Creation of Adam (after Michaelangelo), Hazard ARH Chapel, Hazard, KY, 2019
Jenkins - City Built on Coal/Bright Future Community Mural
Historic RC Cola Mural Touch-Up and Kentucky Mist Signage, Whitesburg, KY 2021
Flora and Fauna of the Clinch River, Dungannon, VA 2021 (Picture with the artist)
Unsung Heroes Mural, Hemphill, KY 2023 Celebrating and Honoring the 31 nationalities of immigrants who came to the mountains of eastern Kentucky to mine coal and were counted on the 1920 census. The underpainting contains all the flags of those nations plus the Kentucky flag.
Monarch Butterfly Thompson Scholars Mural, Manchester, KY, 2022
‘Where I’m From’ Mural created for Read Spotted Newt during my residency at Big Ideas Fest in Hazard, KY 2023
Healing Luna Moth, 2024 Jenkins, KY I created this Luna Moth in Jenkins at the request of their Mayor as a beautiful spot along an area with a lot of foot traffic. Luna Moths are symbolic of healing, too, so we agreed it was a great addition to the town since the flooding in 2022.
Community Mural painted for Community Resilience Day in Wayland, KY 2023
Camp Noah Community Resilience Mural— Designed and lead by Lacy Hale, underpainting completed by Camp Noah campers (k-5th grade), overpainting done by Lacy Hale. Langley, KY, 2023
Wings in Whitesburg (Commissioned by the city and Mayor Tiffany Craft), 2021
Kentucky Mist Distillery Signage, Whitesburg, KY 2021
Youth Bored Mural, Whitesburg, KY 2021
Hindman Elementary Library Mural, Hindman, KY, 2023 (Click to see entire mural)
Ashland Ave Abstract Median Mural, Lexington, KY 2018 Front View
Google Map of Murals by artist Lacy Hale
Youth at Harlan County High School working on the underpainting of the Possum and Pokeweed Mural. This was a community project from start to finish. Curious to find out more? Contact us for details and info.
Students with the group Thompson Scholars help paint the underpainting of the monarch mural in Manchester, KY.
Camp Noah Campers working on the Community Resilience mural at the Floyd County Community Center in Floyd County, KY. The camp was brought to different areas in the region affected by the disastrous flooding in eastern Kentucky that happened in 2022. The mural was a way to honor those we lost, recognize our strength and resilience, and above all, give the youth a way to create and express themselves while working as a team. I was incredibly honored to be asked to be included in this project.