A 100ft-long 'mammoth' mural inspired by the famous West Runton elephant is taking shape on Sheringham seafront.
Funding for the 30 litres of masonry paint needed for the giant-sized artwork by local artist David Barber was provided by North Norfolk District Council.
As well as a family of mammoths, the mural, which, once finished, will stretch the length of a wall on the town's east promenade, features a Stone Age forest and wildlife ranging from dung beetles and birds, to a giant elk and a woolly rhinoceros.
Mr Barber, who began his career as a studio manager at Debenhams department store, Norwich, in the 1970s, has been painting full-time for more than 30 years.
He returned to his home county of Norfolk two years ago after a stint running his own gallery at Worthing, west Sussex, and quickly threw himself into the local art scene.
After helping well-known Sheringham artist Colin Seal with similar projects, he came up with the idea of creating a mural inspired by the 700,000-year-old West Runton elephant skeleton, discovered on the beach 26 years ago.
'Because the wall is so large, I wanted to do something really impressive and, because of the local connection, a mammoth theme just seemed really appropriate,' Mr Barber, 73, explained.
The mural, which he hopes to finish before the start of the summer season, will be topped off with a painting of a Stone Age settlement inhabited by villagers painted by Mr Seal.
'We want to get local children involved with the painting and the idea is for Colin to paint portraits of them on the faces of the villagers,' Mr Barber said.
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