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“CSO honors ‘80s era music director Gielen”, Movers & Makers Magazine, February 2023
“Portrait artist Carl Samson reveals secrets of a Maestro’s masterpiece” by Janelle Gelfand, Cincinnati Business Courier, December 2, 2022
“Cincinnati Artist’s Star Wars Portrait Finds Home at Skywalker Ranch”, WCPO, March 4, 2020. Retrieved from https://www.wcpo.com/entertainment/local-a-e/cincinnati-artists-star-wars-portrait-finds-home-at-skywalker-ranch
“Law firm unveils Keating father-son double portrait by acclaimed artist” by Nikki Kingery, Cincinnati Business Courier, May 30, 2019
“Meet the man who paints portraits of Cincinnati's corporate elite” by David Holthaus, Cincinnati Business Courier, March 29, 2019
“After Months of Work, P&G CEO’s Portrait Gets Finishing Touch” by Barrett J. Brunsman, Cincinnati Business Courier, January 29, 2019
“Profile of Carl Samson”, by Jane Durrell, AEQAI, December 23, 2018. Retrieved from https://aeqai.com/main/2018/12/profile-of-carl-samson/
“New Portrait of Maestro Carmon DeLeone Unveiled at Music Hall”, LEADCincinnati, December 11, 2018.
“New oil painting marks 50 years for Cincinnati Ballet’s music director”, Movers & Makers Magazine, November 20, 2018.
“Portrait of Cincinnati Ballet music director unveiled at Music Hall” by Nikki Kingery, Cincinnati Business Courier, November 16, 2018
“From Cincy to ‘Star Wars’; Local Artist Makes International Show” by Carol Motsinger, Cincinnati Enquirer, April 19, 2015
Greenacres. January 21, 2015. “Interview with Carl Samson” [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_2DPsPqoxI
Featured Cover Artist, The Artist’s Magazine, August 2012
“Carl Samson”, Best Magazine, The Artist Issue, Number 21, January 2012
“Force of Dreams Took Artist to Stars”, by Sarah Weber, Sandusky Register, November 14, 2010
Portrait of Natalie Portman as "Padme Resplendent With Naboo Mandala" by Carl Samson, gold leaf allegorical painting published in Star Wars Art: Visions, by Lucasfilm Ltd., November 2010
“Carl Samson”, American Painting Video Magazine, Volume 1, Summer 2010
“A Rare Look Inside Private Spaces”, M. Stephen Doherty, American Artists Studios Magazine, 2010
“Change of Subject” by Eric Zorn, The Chicago Tribune, April 1, 2010
“Seeing America” by Mary Barber, The Jackson Citizen Patriot, September 26, 2004
“Carl Samson” by Jennifer Kornegay, The Portrait Signature, Journal of American Society of Portrait Artists, 2001
“Different Strokes: Artists and Their Subjects Explore the Enduring Mystique of Portraiture” by Elissa Sonnenberg, Cincinnati Magazine, July 2001
"Art of the Portrait" by Jerry Stein, The Cincinnati Post, April 13, 2001
"Finding Your Roots" by Loraine Crouch, The Artist's Magazine, April 2001
"ASOPA Portrait Conference" by Jennifer King, International Artist Magazine, February 2001
"National Honors Mark Accomplished Career of Local Artist" by Grace DeGregorio, Hyde Park Living, May 2000
"Carl Samson: Active in the Cincinnati Arts Community" in American Society of Classical Realism Newsletter, Spring 2000
“ASOPA in New York: The Portrait Arts Festival” by Virgil Elliott, The Portrait Signature, Journal of American Society of Portrait Artists, 2000
"Pricing & Selling Portraits" by Pat Van Gelder, American Artist, April 1999
"In the Midwestern Tradition: A Talk with Carl Samson" by Laura Alderson, Folio, The Portrait Society of Atlanta, Spring 1999
“How Do I Ask Thee” by Reon Carter, Cincinnati Enquirer, January 26, 1998
"So You Want to See Yourself in a Portrait" by Owen Findsen, Cincinnati Enquirer, September 23, 1997
“Psst!” by Jim Knippenberg, Cincinnati Enquirer, May 16, 1997
“Artists Pay Tribute” by Owen Findsen, Cincinnati Enquirer, April 18, 1997
“Hyde Park Artist Participates in Russian Cultural Exchange”, Hyde Park Living, December 1996
"Prize-Winning Portrait Painting Techniques" by M. Stephen Doherty, American Artist Magazine, December 1996
“Congratulations to James de Blasis and Carl J. Samson” in Music Hall Marks, Winter 1996
“Pretty as a Picture” in The Cincinnati Post, November 19, 1996
“Carl Samson is a Portrait of Success” by Jim Knippenberg, Cincinnati Enquirer, November 10, 1996
“Carl Samson” in Dragonfly, The Cincinnati Art Club, November 1996
“James de Blasis Portrait Proves Award-winning for Local Painter”, Stepping Out, The Downtowner, October 29, 1996
“Samson wins Grand Prize for Portrait”, The Cincinnati Post, October 23, 1996
“Samson Named Finalist in Portrait Competition”, Hyde Park Living, October 1996
“Celebrating 75 Years of Opera”, Pursuits, June 28, 1995
“Landscapes Preview at Reception”, Stepping Out, The Downtowner, April 18, 1995
"Three Steps to Polished Portraits" by Carl J. Samson, The Artist's Magazine, June 1994
"Carl Samson - An Artist To Watch" cover story by Cathy Rose Barney, East Side Weekend, August 5, 1993
"Prized Portraits - Cincinnatian Carl Samson Paints His Way to the Top Prize in Prestigious Competition" by Owen Findsen, Cincinnati Enquirer, May 24, 1993
"It's the Real Thing" by Mary McCarty, Cincinnati Magazine, October 1992
“Carl Samson: un Jeune Peintre Qui Vit de Son Art aux Etats-Unis”, Le Nouvelliste, October 7, 1992
“Living Art, Living Artists: Is Tradition Dead?”, The American Society of Classical Realism, Heritage Art Gallery of Alexandria, May 1992
“Young Man as an Artist”, The Cincinnati Enquirer, May 16, 1990
“Carl Samson - a Man with a Plan”, Hyde Park Living, November 1989
“Arty Facts”, Hyde Park Living, April 1989
“Portrait of Permanence, The Cincinnati Enquirer, May 28, 1988
“Local Artists Makes His Mark - Meet Carl Samson” by Margie Schultz, City Beat, December 1987