This painting was the first in a Thom’s series of lighthouses.  Two crosses appear in this work.  The first is found with the sailboat making a cross figure.  The lighthouse hosts the second cross high atop the beaming tower.  Thom said that this work “celebrates not only the longing for salvation, but the power of art to express that aspiration.”  He also said that this painting “is not a literal portrait; it is instead a product of my artistic imagination, containing the elements of an allegory of faith.”