Octopus art by Liang Hao

Octopus is part of a series of paintings in which Liang Hao presents the human hand as a vessel of control, detachment, and technical precision. In this painting, tension is created by the hands that bend a shiny mirrored sheet into a form resembling an octopus head—its fluid distortion set against a composition filled with stillness. This eerie calm, paired with immaculate brushwork, produces an uncanny illusion where the hyper-controlled technique gives rise to a quietly surreal atmosphere. Hao's “portraits of hands” aren’t about anatomy, they’re meditations on action, memory, and the discipline behind creation.