ABOUT JEWEL
Meet the artist behind the art.
Jewel Sales is a queer Filipinx artist, feminist, personality, and activist. Originally from New York, grew up in Old Bridge, NJ, and now residing in Los Angeles.
Jewel’s work embodies body positivity, feminism, and queer representation. As a queer artist, she felt a sense of urgency to create safe spaces and has been inspired by making people feel a sense of connectedness.
Jewel noticed the LGBTQ+ community didn’t have enough nightlife options other than drinking and clubbing. That's when “Paint and Sip with Jewel” was born. She started to host her own BIPOC + queer paint workshops, as an alternative safe space, colliding art and community.
“She felt a sense of urgency to create safe spaces and has been inspired by making people feel a sense of connectedness.”
Jewel has a background in retail sales and management, picking up her basics as an entrepreneur. She started selling her paintings on Instagram during the COVID-19 quarantine, as a way to exercise her mental health. Jewel found a lot of success! She realized that other people were buying her paintings for the same reason: to feel connected to humanity.
Jewel hosted virtual paint and sip workshops and Queer Happy Hours. Jewel's mission is to continue to inspire and build a strong connection to the queer community.
