About Marylin J. McKay Marylin J. McKay is a professor of art history at NSCAD University and the author of A National Soul: Canadian Mural Painting, 1860s-1930s. Books by Marylin J. McKay Picturing the Land Narrating Territories in Canadian Landscape Art, 1500-1950 by (author) Marylin J. McKay National Soul Canadian Mural Painting, 1860s - 1930s by (author) Marylin J. McKay A National Soul Canadian Mural Painting, 1860s - 1930s by (author) Marylin J. McKay