An old favourite of Moose Jaw got a new look, as one of our murals was restored downtown.

The Lady and the Cow, located on the building of 602 Main Street West, it could be seen on Athabasca West by anyone passing by.

The problem with the mural was the problem many paintings and infrastructure see, age. The original mural was painted back in 1991 by Ernie Bereti, and the years it was on the wall left it faded and peeling.

Thanks to the Mural Board and local artist Grant McLaughlin, a smaller version on panels was painted on top of the old one, showing what the original colour and beauty that the piece once was.

"I typically in summer look at the ones that need the most repair," McLaughlin said. "Some do touch-ups, some do protective coatings so I usually pick half a dozen a summer that I'll spend a little more time on to fix up."

McLaughlin is actually a mural artist as well and has restored quite a few pieces in town. Some of his work you may recognize is Fire Watch located on 1st Avenue NW and Cruising Main Street just behind the Mae Wilson. Some of his restoration work includes the Lost Murals that now reside on the McKarrs Furniture building.

He actually keeps his restoration work more local than anything.

"I probably wouldn't do as much restoration in other places but in Moose Jaw I'm kind of the last of the guys that were around when they started," McLaughlin said. "So you're trying to keep the program going, most of the time in other places it's a new project that you're doing."

You can view some of McLaughlin's work on his website, and learn more about the murals on here.