A blank canvas has been found for US artist Cryptik, after the PangeaSeed Foundation were a wall short for the second annual Sea Walls: Artists for Oceans festival.
Yesterday the foundation - who are producing the festival - said they were in urgent need of a wall for one of their most notable and unique participating artists Cryptik.
The painting days of the six-day festival officially began yesterday however due to unforseen circumstances the wall Cryptik was allocated to paint was unavailable.
PangeaSeed were seeking a wall in portrait format and between three and four stories high in central Napier - which has now been found.
The mural will be created on the Napier City Council building, over the existing Napier Now billboard, a foundation spokeswoman said.
This new mural be next to one created for the innaugural New Zealand festival last year by Askew One.