Engllish artist Fin DAC has moved around future work so he can spend more time in the Bay, painting walls in Mount Maunganui.

The artist is one of many who were in Mount Maunganui earlier this month as part of the Street Prints Mauao Street Art Festival.

Fin DAC working on his street art on Phoenix Lane, Mount Maunganui. Photos: Tracy Hardy.

Organised by Jah and Lovie Smith, the inaugural festival saw 18 artists painting 16 murals on walls across Mount Maunganui over four days. Read more here.

While most of the artists have packed away their brushes, Fin decided to stay on.

'I wasn't really planning on doing a second one in Mount Maunganui, but I was planning on doing another on in New Zealand,” he says.

'As a street artist, the important thing is to get your work up in as many places as possible.”

After spending some time up north with festival organisers Jah and Lovie, the trio came back and spent some time looking for another wall in Tauranga to paint.

A wall in Phoenix Lane was meant to be used as part of the festival, but was out of action due to a truck being parked in front of it.

Fin says he decided to paint it after getting the go ahead from the owners.

'I am painting one of my typical pieces. It's a monochromatic Asian girl with a mask and colour splash.

'It's probably the thing I became known for about four years ago when I started. I have branched out into multi-coloured ones, like I did in the festival.”

Fin says his time spent at the Mount has been amazing and everyone has been so welcoming.

He says everyone is very complimentary about the street arts and he hasn't heard any negative comments about any of the walls that have been done up as part of the festival.

'I have stayed here for an extra 12 days, which is quite a lot, in my head that is like two or three walls that I could have potentially painted in Australia,” explains Fin.

'I've got seven days [work] in Sydney, then about four or five in Adelaide and about 10 in Melbourne.

Fin DAC's street art on Totara Street, Mount Maunganui.