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drawing_area = gtk_drawing_area_new ();
   gtk_widget_set_size_request (drawing_area, 600, 500);
   gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (hbox), drawing_area, FALSE, TRUE, 0);
   
   //gtk_widget_queue_draw_area (drawing_area, 0, 0, 600, 500);
   
   g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (drawing_area), "expose_event",
                       G_CALLBACK (background), NULL);

void background (GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventExpose *event, gpointer data)
{
   cairo_t *cr;

   cr = gdk_cairo_create (widget->window);

   cairo_set_source_rgb (cr, 0, 0, 0);
   cairo_set_line_width (cr, 0);

   cairo_rectangle (cr, 0, 0, 600, 500);
   cairo_stroke_preserve (cr);
   cairo_set_source_rgb (cr, 1, 1, 1);
   cairo_fill (cr);
   cairo_destroy (cr);   
}

if (gtk_dialog_run (GTK_DIALOG (open_dialog)) == GTK_RESPONSE_ACCEPT) {
      gchar *filename = gtk_file_chooser_get_filename (GTK_FILE_CHOOSER (open_dialog));
      image = cairo_image_surface_create_from_png (filename);
    
      g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (drawing_area), "expose_event",
                          G_CALLBACK (expose_event_callback), NULL);
   }

gboolean expose_event_callback (GtkWidget *widget,
                        GdkEventExpose *event,
                        gpointer data)
{
   cairo_t *cr;
   
   cr = gdk_cairo_create (widget->window);
   cairo_set_source_surface (cr, image, 0, 0);
   cairo_paint (cr);
   
   cairo_destroy (cr);

   return FALSE;
}