As Van Gogh would have told you, getting exposure when you're an artist is a nightmare. So the Oxford Mail has teamed up with Modern Art Oxford to exhibit the work of up-and-coming artists from Oxfordshire.

To kick off the series, these photographs by Clare Fisher, 24, of Cowley, Oxford, above, demonstrate what happens when you combine a good sense of humour with a strong social message and the most domestic of settings.

I have worked in many mediums including painting and film, writes Clare Fisher, but it was during an exchange programme to the University of Ottawa, in Canada, that my passion for photography really developed.

My initial influence was in the Museum Of Modern Art, in New York, where I viewed an amazing photography exhibition.

I viewed an image called Dorothy True by Alfred Stieglitz (a picture of a women's leg and high heeled shoe) and my obsession with shoes took off from there!

My ideas come to mind when I am in public places, or from magazines.

My works are usually set up in real life situations that people can relate to, but with a hint of humour and a subtle disturbing nature.

They capture real life with a comic element, vibrant and captivating yet sending invaluable messages about the state of the world we live in today.

The main image, Trolley Dolly, was shot in a supermarket after the shop had closed.

I set up the scene and placed everything exactly where I wanted it. The idea behind this image was the lady couldn't cope with the expectations she was being put through and collapsed in the middle of shopping.