Summer Pub Nights - The Ports

Summer Pub Nights - The Ports

One of Kingston's old style pubs is The Portsmouth Tavern, better known as 'The Ports' to local's.  At the corner of Yonge and Grange streets in Portsmouth village, across from Portsmouth Olympic harbour, it's been standing since the late 1860's.  The history was part of the lure of painting this old pub; but mostly, I was interested in the play of light combined with the atmosphere of happy relaxation on a summers evening.