The Canadian Artist continues to steal ideas from artists and designers for her own work. In her recent project, amusingly called ‘Imagination Station’, Briony Douglas hired a fabrication team to create a large scale, exact reproduction of "Melissa & Doug" Classic Toys, Stacking Train. Briony was too lazy to adapt the design to cover her tracks. How BOLD and BRAZEN! Especially since Briony Douglas has been called out many times for profiting off stolen ideas or using cutouts "Pantone" squares to have her interns recreate photographic images that Briony has no rights too. In Canada, this stealing seems to be applauded by influential people and the main stream media. "Melissa & Doug" is now owned by Spin Master Toys. I wonder how they will react. I wonder if this Globe and Mail Arts editor will comment?



Briony's "Gum Shoe" is a concept taken from creatives Mitchell Diercks and Stefan Apswoude. Their work, "StaChew", is a public art installation and anti-litter initiative in Amsterdam, Netherlands.


Her small statue, "Gum Shoe", was a combination of Mitchell Diercks & Stefan Apswoude's original statue and Jeff Staple and Mathew Senna's work. Briony riffed off their packaging, limited edition cards and marketing images.


Briony frequently copies Dario Escobar, as seen here. Prior to being called out, Briony's public Instagram had folders with all of the original art works she was copying. Seems that she's not so bright.

Briony's photography work for a studio exhibit, "A Day In The Life of Beatrice" in 2023, was a copy of artist Frances O'Sullivan (BeautySpock) work.

Briony's first photo that she had published was a copy of a legendary David LaChapelle work.

Even Briony's beloved Pantone image recreations are an idea taken from London UK-based artist-designer Nick Smith, (first exhibit 2015), his work was featured in Fast-Company and many other high level magazines.



Briony is well aware that she is taking other artists ideas. Read her comment from a sprawling Toronto Life feature about her wedding, in this case her wedding cake.

In the article and on her social media Briony Douglas fails to mention NYC-based, celebrated artists and sculpture Will Cotton, the creator of this cake conceptual art.

Briony fully states that it is HER idea.



It's shocking that Toronto Life magazine didn't question Briony. Editors at a cultural magazine should have some awareness about key artists like Will Cotton. It's even more shocking that Shine Talent Group continues to represent a person who feels so entitled to take ideas and call them her own. Does Briony feel owed because she didn't get everything she wanted as a child?
Next, I'll expose Briony's copious copying of a talented black woman, a photographer and food stylist with a style so unique, Briony should be ashamed.
I'm not saying artists and designers aren't inspired by previous work; however most artists discuss and credit inspiration and don't directly copy. For Briony's latest project, she made no effort. She bought a toy set, sketched it and sent it to the fabricators. I wonder how much she was paid?