Powder Hounds 2024 is here!
Join us for Powder Hounds Online Art Auction Event! This event features snowboard art created by 15 talented artists in a week long online silent auction. Not a fan of playing the auction game? No problem, we feature “buy it now” pricing on each snowboard. Not local? No a problem, you can bid, or “buy it now” and we’ll ship the board directly to your door.
Bidding begins Saturday, March 2th at 5:00 p.m. MT! View all 20 boards up for auction and place your bids online before 8p.m. (MT) Saturday, March 9th, 2024. Click here to view all 19 boards.
We are very thankful for our sponsor who made this event possible: Creature Comforts!
Kick Off Event at Ska Brewing!
Join us at Ska Brewing at 5pm on Saturday, March 2nd to kick off the Powder Hounds Snowboard Art Auction! You will meet the artists, view all 20 boards and place your bids! Come and grab a craft brew, seltzer or non-alcoholic beverage, order some delicious food the Container, listen to live music and enjoy local art, helping local animals.
Powder Pets Photo Contest
The Powder Pets Photo Contest was created in partnership with our Powder Hounds Online Art Auction. The art auction features snowboard art created by local artists and placed up for auction in a week long online silent auction. We understand that not everyone is interested in bidding on snowboards or playing the auction game, so we created a fun, interactive, pet friendly photo contest for all to join!
100% of the proceeds from both the photo contest and the art auction will benefit the homeless animals in our care. Funds raised will help us to continue to provide important medical and behavioral care, emergency surgeries, spay & neuter services, vaccinations, free courtesy hold for individuals in need, animal transportation services, supplies and low cost medical services to the community.
Enter your vote for your favorite powder pet! The photo contest runs from Saturday, March 2nd – Saturday, March 16th ending at 8 p.m. (MT)
Prizes
First Place (valued at $2,000) – The pet voted Durango’s Powder Hound will receive:
- A custom commission snowboard art piece featuring the winning pet, created by internationally collected artist
Ray Phillips. - Creature Comforts gift basket
- pranaDOGS Canine Behavior Assessment. Includes 90-minute in-person session and 2 virtual follow-up sessions. Valued at $145
Bio and Gallery Information:
Artist Ray Phillips has always held a passion for creating art. Like many artists, Ray’s artistic journey began as a young child. At age 10 he enrolled at the prestigious Houston Museum of Fine Art School now the Glassell School of Art. As an adult, Ray focused his artistic attention on graphic design and music; playing in a band at night and crafting ad campaigns, posters, t-shirts, logos and branding by day. Ray soon rose to become a partner/creative director at a design and marketing firm in Houston, Texas; yet the longing to create fine art was still present. Ray began his painting career in his free time, integrating skills and techniques he learned as a designer. His work has evolved into an amalgam of typography, abstract composition, collage/mixed media and hidden messages. Each piece is initiated in Ray’s mind and translated to canvas – as much an intellectual pursuit as creative endeavor. Ray is an internationally collected artist with representation in fine art galleries in Vail, Aspen, Telluride, Houston, Austin and Dallas, as well as Canada and Mexico. Read more at rayphillips.com.
Gallery Representation:
- Creature Comforts gift basket
- pranaDOGS Canine Behavior Assessment. Includes 90-minute in-person session and 2 virtual follow-up sessions. Valued at $145
- LPCHS merch basket. Valued at $200
- Creature Comforts gift certificate.
- pranaDOGS Canine Behavior Assessment. Includes 90-minute in-person session and 2 virtual follow-up sessions. Valued at $145
Don’t forget to check out all the snowboard art up for auction. Click here to view all boards up for auction and place your bids online or “buy it now” before 12:00 p.m. (MT) Saturday, March 9, 2024. 100% of the proceeds benefit the homeless pets in La Plata County!
The Powder Hounds Story
In the fall of 2018, Ray Phillips and his wife Wendy stopped by the Humane Society to drop off donations to our Thrift Store. Of course being animal lovers, they couldn’t leave without saying “hi” and playing with the dogs in our yard. Both were blown away by how much fun the dogs were having, and the dedication of the volunteers working with the dogs. They looked at each and asked, “what can we do to help?”. Driving back home, Ray and Wendy began to scheme ideas, Ray a prolific artist; represented in galleries across the US, Canada and Mexico, along with Wendy a freelance photographer and an avid skier with a resume of volunteer fundraising experiences knew there was something they could do. That’s when the idea for “Powder Hounds Art Auction” was born!
Goal: Enlist artists to hand paint, screen print, carve or decorate used snowboards. Exhibit boards in and around the city of Durango, CO for a month long on-going silent auction, where the public can view and bid on boards. 100% proceeds from the Powder Hounds Art Auction will be donated to La Plata County Humane Society (LPCHS)
Auction: Powder Hounds Art Auction is a two-week long on-going silent auction of snowboard art by artists Place your bid on online. Boards begin at a minimum bid of $100 and 100% of the proceeds will benefit LPCHS. Not a fan of the auction game? “Buy it Now” pricing is available for each board! Winning bids will go to the highest bidder on each board and will be announced at the closing of the silent auction at 8pm. MT on Saturday, March 9th
Thank You to Our Sponsor
Dog Gone Gorgeous