George Jenkins was born in Wilkie, Saskatchewan, and grew up on his father's farm near Lloydminster. Following three years in the army during W.W.II, he worked in the logging camps on Vancouver Island. It was there that he began to paint. He did not embark upon a career in art until he made a visit back to Saskatchewan and was inspired by the images of his childhood.

His paintings of farm fields dotted with abandoned buildings and decaying machinery portray a time gone by without sentimentality. His landscapes often have a haunting quality, as if looking back on a scene through faded memory.

The work of George Jenkins is included in numerous public, private and corporate collections, including Cargill Grain, Great-West Life Assurance Co., Canadian Motorways Ltd., the Glenbow, and the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatchewan.