Anh’s Brush with Fame: Sept 7

This week on Anh’s Brush with Fame the subject is surgeon Dr Charlie Teo.

Anh has been delving deep into his subjects’ minds to capture their essence on canvas, now he has a challenge with Dr Charlie Teo, who has literally been inside thousands of brains.

Anh has been a long enthusiast of Charlie Teo so will it be easy to paint someone you deeply admire so much? Charlie shares his experience of growing up and dealing with racism in Australia as a young Asian man. He also talks about his absent and very strict father, revealing some horrific stories about his childhood and about his very public battles as a leading brain surgeon.

We find out just how close Charlie gets to some of his patients and the emotional toll that takes. It all leads to Anh painting a very unusual portrait indeed.

8pm Wednesday on ABC.