The long awaited unveiling of Looking Forward Running Back, the art show of Steven Jackson finally arrived on Thursday night at Hamilton-Selway Fine Art in Los Angeles.
The guest list for the event included friends and family, several of Steven’s former teammates, fellow athletes, celebrity friends, fans, and many lovers of fine art in the LA area.
The BIG Reveal Tonight!!! Los Angeles. The amazing fine art of NFL Great Steven Jackson. #LookingForwardRunningBack pic.twitter.com/SIvvB9y3BN
— More Media LLC (@MoreMediaHits) July 17, 2014
Steven Jackson opened an art gallery?? #SJ39 is such a renaissance man, love that guy
— Kurt Matthes (@KurtMatthes) July 18, 2014
Honored to attend my brother @sj39 art gallery opening. What a football player but a better person. Always forging his own path.
— Chris Long (@JOEL9ONE) July 18, 2014
The preparations were finally complete early Thursday, and included some pre-show visits from Hard Knocks and NFL Films cameras.
Thank you @NFLFilms Jeff Cameron and team for coming out today for #LookingForwardRunningBack. pic.twitter.com/C56oupbKXM
— Steven Jackson (@sj39) July 17, 2014
Once the gallery got underway, SJ39’s work drew rave reviews from those in attendance.
Exciting show at the Hamilton Selway Gallery on Melrose featuring photos by Atlanta Football’s Steven Jackson with G Fiori Florals!
— Guillermo & Anne (@GFioriFloral) July 18, 2014
Proud of my bro @sj39 for his great achievement this evening. Honored to be a part of this new chapter! pic.twitter.com/CAB4uCBbeu
— Chris Ogbonnaya (@ChrisOgbonnaya) July 18, 2014
I had the honor of attending Steven @sj39 Jackson’s 1st art exhibition July 17th… I was very impressed. Pictures will be up soon on (cont)
— Gabe (@MrGabeReal) July 18, 2014
At Steven Jackson’s @sj39 #art #gallery showing pic.twitter.com/9eh4zb4rRd
— IG: NLiveNLivinColor (@SBEG_CEO) July 18, 2014
One of Steven’s former teammates, St. Louis Rams defensive end Chris Long even walked away with one of the pieces from the show.
Just got this KICK ASS piece called “game day” by the artist formally known as SJ39 pic.twitter.com/CQ0VkXqAFH
— Chris Long (@JOEL9ONE) July 18, 2014
Safe to say @sj39 has career as an artist after he retires from football? https://t.co/5kKrsLCCsQ
— Daniel Doelling (@Daniel_Doelling) July 18, 2014