Jenik is a painter in the tradition of such visual theorists as Gorky, Kandinsky and Motherwell. Absorbing and processing a vast range of material, from ancient languages to modern painting movements, her works convey a sense of confidence over this broad spectrum of experience.

Jenik's taste for primeval is evidenced in her discovery of the primacy of the original mark: "You don't care if you ruin a piece of paper; it's just a piece of paper. But recently, I've been thinking that the real creativity is often on a piece of paper."

This tenet of Modernism has become fundamental to Jenik's work. Her often biomorphic shapes and lines, coupled with her bold use of color, infuse her paintings with richly exotic symbolism in the style or Miro or Leger. Adding depth to her artistic persona, Jenik is an accomplished ceramist who knew the noted artist Beatrice Wood.