Using an image resource
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.Window1" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" Title="Using an image resource" Height="300" Width="300" > <Canvas> <Image Source="c:\image.jpg" /> </Canvas> </Window>