After Broto settled in Paris in 1985, his bright colours and glazings would become more opaque, denser, and darker. Broto continues painting landscapes that spring from his memory, from his recollections, to which he adds isolated elements that anchor the composition.

Globo rojo maintains the halo of mysticism characterising his previous works, and his signature use of impasto and

 dripping 

in art, dripping or drip painting is a technique of applying paint by pouring or dripping it directly on the canvas, generally lying horizontally on the ground. This technique is usually associated with action painting, a term coined by Harold Rosenberg in 1952 to describe the work of Jackson Pollock.

is also here. The elements in this composition —the red balloon of the title and a virtually calligraphic loop— are also included in other paintings from this period.

The vertical format of the painting adds tension to the two contending elements. The ascending balloon and the descending black graphic element represent two antagonistic forces that once again connect the mundane with the spiritual.