Helen Frankenthaler's "soak and stain" technique was inspired by this artist's drip paintings
Helen thinned her paint, and used a non-primed canvas,
... [DOC] [TLE] Art Masterpiece: Blue Atmosphere, Helen Frankenthaler, 1923-2011 [PAR] She was thought of as a pioneer and the first artist to use soak and stain ... onto 
the canvas instead of using a brush and leave the splatter marks and drips to.