[2] Rowe attended the Australian National University and initially studied economics, later studying art history and then political science, then studied graphic design at Reid TAFE, finally moving to Canberra Art School.
[3] He has made cartoons on political issues for the Australian Financial Review.
[4] He had earlier worked for the Canberra Times as a cartoonist in the 1980s.
[5] He regularly appears in the annual series Best Australian Political Cartoons edited by Russ Radcliffe.
[6][7] He is also well documented in the National Museum political cartoon inventory.