Surrealism artworks contain artists' unconscious and conscious memory which are unnerving, illogical scenes, sometimes with photographic precision, creating strange creatures from everyday objects. Additionally, the painting techniques of surrealism allow the unconscious to express itself.  That reminds me of Miles Johnston's painting. He uses graphite portraits to distort and intertwine subjects to visualize metaphors of the body. His paintings seem to be narrative by himself, not only helping the artist to describe a story but also telling his own story. Moreover, it is consistent with the creative way of intertwined and contorted figures from surreal new portraits by Brooke DiDonato.That convinces me to use this way to portray conscious and unconscious memory in my portraiture.