Well-known Dunfermline artist Charlie Marshall has opened a new exhibition at Fife Health Charity’s Community Art Gallery at Queen Margaret Hospital.
Charlie’s paintings capture landmarks from across Dunfermline and the surrounding area. Working in oil paint, he builds rich colours and layered textures to bring these familiar scenes vividly to life. Visitors, patients and staff will recognise many of the local places featured, including Abbot House and Dunfermline Town Hall, both of which were previously exhibited at Carnegie Library and Galleries.
This exhibition is especially meaningful for Charlie. After a serious car crash in 2013, he lived with long-term pain and attended the NHS Fife Pain Management Service at Queen Margaret Hospital. Through art classes and creative groups offered as part of the service, he discovered not only a powerful coping mechanism, but a new direction in life.
“Art began as a way to quieten the pain,” says Charlie Marshall. “Over time it became much more than that — it gave me focus, positivity and something to look forward to every day. If my paintings can offer even a small moment of calm or colour to someone passing by, then that means the world to me.”
Charlie later shared his experience with Pain Talking, an NHS Fife online resource supporting people living with longterm pain.
Now, over a decade after his accident, art has become central to his daily life, wellbeing and profession. He paints, teaches art classes and continues to develop his unique style — working with a remarkably limited palette of three colours plus white to produce an impressive range of tones. Displayed in ornate gilt frames, his paintings combine vibrancy with a sense of warmth and familiarity.
Mark McGeachie, Director of Fife Health Charity, said: “Charlie’s work is a powerful example of how creativity can support healing, resilience and personal transformation. We are honoured to showcase his paintings in our Community Art Gallery. They bring not only colour to the hospital, but also inspiration — reminding us of the many ways people find strength and hope in challenging times.”
The exhibition space can be found by entering Queen Margaret Hospital via the Phase One entrance and turning right towards the rear of the building.
To learn more about the work of the Fife Health Charity and the projects it has helped support, visit: www.nhsfife.org/fife-health-charity.
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Main image (left to right) - Mark McGeachie (Director - Fife Health Charity), Gillian Parsons (Art Convenor - Fife Health Charity) and Charlie Marshall (Artist)
Notes to Editors:
Fife Health Charity aims to improve the physical and mental health of the people of Fife, through funding and grants that support projects and initiatives which will benefit the patients, staff and communities supported by NHS Fife. The Charity also gratefully manages all donations received to NHS Fife wards and services and provides grants to benefit patients and staff. In 2024/25, the charity provided over £500k in grants.
