Step on would be to create a table in SQL with an image field
INSERT INTO fpimage(ImageBlob,ImageName, Height, Width)
SELECT BulkColumn , 'Pixel',1,1
FROM Openrowset( Bulk 'G:\projects\NGB\Common Images\Pixel.png', Single_Blob) as EmployeePicture
Step two would be to include that field in your grid query, and display it like this
Function createGridViewImageColumn(ByVal strHeaderText As String, ByVal strFieldName As String,
ByVal intWidth As Int16, bVisible As Boolean) As GridViewImageColumn
Dim ImageColumn As New GridViewImageColumn()
ImageColumn.IsVisible = bVisible
ImageColumn.Name = strFieldName
ImageColumn.HeaderText = strHeaderText
ImageColumn.FieldName = strFieldName
ImageColumn.TextAlignment = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter
ImageColumn.Width = intWidth
Return (ImageColumn)
End Function