People have asked Rio Rico artist Nathalie Harmening if her ethereal sculptures are made from plastic. “No! It’s natural prickly pear!” she responds. With a half-laugh and a quick, knowing ...

The maroon structures are meant to mimic Prickly Pear cactus fruit. State of play: The structures have been visible on the side of Interstate 10 since last summer and a few have been installed on ...

Drivers entering downtown Napa from Highway 29 this week may have been greeted by an unexpected sight: a towering 24-foot, 6,000-pound aluminum sculpture, inspired by the prickly pear cactus, now ...

At the Fall Art Walk in Tubac in November, Harmening held her delicate, wing-like sculptures made from Sonoran prickly pear cactus fibers. Her work is available exclusively at the Turquoise ...