Jenkins' images are compelling because of their source in modern awareness of motion, pluralistic perspectives and luminosities. He shares with Tobey, Rothko and Newman the conviction that modern painting can fulfill the individual's spiritual needs, which had previously been served by artists working for the Church. They [Jenkins' paintings] meet our needs not for more surfaces but for space that is immeasurable but felt; movement rather than static emblems; the irrational rather than the verifiable; the spiritual as opposed to the prosaic.

Albert E. Elsen
Paul Jenkins, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1973