Susie Stern answered her call to paint at 48 years of age after raising her two sons. Her first painting, “The Santa Barbara Missionâ€, was inspired by a prayer for the well being of her children. Once they were grown and on their own, she began to pray for herself and painted a painting of the “Debutante Ballâ€. This is when she met and married her “Princeâ€, and this led to her paintings of the three weddings. Two of the weddings were for her sons, and the third was a wedding of her own.