Mural

The Makris Family and the Diplomat Steakhouse commissioned artist Pepito Escanlar to create this mural to celebrate Canada’s 150 years of Confederation and the Diplomat Steakhouse’s 38 years of operation. The Mural is 12 ft. long by 5 ft. high and is located in the Diplomat Steakhouse lobby

The mural depicts the following:

1. Downtown Regina office buildings during Canada 150 commemoration
2. Victoria Park with mature trees that provide the downtown green space
3. Memorial cenotaph in honor of the war veterans
4. Statue of Sir John A. Macdonald, the Father of Confederation
5. The RCMP with the flags of Canada’s provinces and territories
6. Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee banner (1952-2012) and Statue of Queen Elizabeth on horseback
7. The Legislative Building in Wascana Park
8. The Albert Street Bridge, built as a make-work project during the Great Depression in the 1930s
9. Wascana Lake and Canada geese
10. Antique car and period costume as a reminder of the past
11. First Nations chief and teepee in reverence to the early inhabitants of Saskatchewan
12. Old Canadian Pacific Railway train, Canada’s first transcontinental railway
13. The Snowbirds, the Canadian Forces’ aerobatic team
14. Canada geese in V-formation flight
15. Football players in reference to the province’s football team
16. Grain elevator and a family of farmers in reference to the Makris Family’s attachment to the community of Davidson.