Hello! I'm called Melvin. I do several things! I'm an independent artist and social media manager.

My proper day job is Senior Communications and Relationship Manager for GG Equine.

As for creative pursuits, I work in acrylic paint, ceramics, charcoal, collage, pencil, digital art, stamp carving, and photography. I had 4 photos in the NC Botanical Garden's “Birds of North Carolina” community show at the DeBerry Gallery (Jan-Mar 2025).

You can find my latest pieces by having a scroll through my Instagram and see what I have up at Redbubble and Society 6!

I've done three album covers for independent local musicians, including two benefit albums in 2020: one for Durham's Accordion Club and one for One Fair Wage.

I am a semi-regular contributor and panelist on “Doctor Who” podcasts. Find me most frequently on Trap One and Gallifrey's Most Wanted. Perhaps my best single podcast performance was on Flight Through Entirety. I've also guested on “Nostalgia Tours,” “What's in the Box,”and “A Kettle and Some String.”

I was an academic in a past life. My contribution to human knowledge, "Cosmopolitan Friendship in James Boswell’s 'Journal of a Tour to Corsica,'" can be found in "1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era" (vol 20, October 2013).

📧: melvinpena at gmail

(photo by Allie Mullin Photography)