diff --git a/include/nana/paint/graphics.hpp b/include/nana/paint/graphics.hpp
index 4eafffa2..8843a03f 100644
--- a/include/nana/paint/graphics.hpp
+++ b/include/nana/paint/graphics.hpp
@@ -91,7 +91,11 @@ namespace nana
 			const void* pixmap() const;
 			const void* context() const;
 
-			void make(const ::nana::size&);					///< Creates a bitmap resource that size is width by height in pixel
+			/// Creates a graphics/drawable resource
+			/**
+			 * @param sz The dimension of the graphics to be requested. If sz is empty, it performs as release().
+			 */
+			void make(const ::nana::size& sz);
 			void resize(const ::nana::size&);
 			void typeface(const font&);						///< Selects a specified font type into the graphics object.
 			font typeface() const;
diff --git a/source/paint/graphics.cpp b/source/paint/graphics.cpp
index 62940369..7fdadcea 100644
--- a/source/paint/graphics.cpp
+++ b/source/paint/graphics.cpp
@@ -291,6 +291,12 @@ namespace paint
 		{
 			if(impl_->handle == nullptr || impl_->size != sz)
 			{
+				if (sz.empty())
+				{
+					release();
+					return;
+				}
+
 				//The object will be delete while dwptr_ is performing a release.
 				drawable_type dw = new nana::detail::drawable_impl_type;
 				//Reuse the old font
@@ -342,7 +348,7 @@ namespace paint
 				Display* disp = spec.open_display();
 				int screen = DefaultScreen(disp);
 				Window root = ::XRootWindow(disp, screen);
-				dw->pixmap = ::XCreatePixmap(disp, root, (sz.width ? sz.width : 1), (sz.height ? sz.height : 1), DefaultDepth(disp, screen));
+				dw->pixmap = ::XCreatePixmap(disp, root, sz.width, sz.height, DefaultDepth(disp, screen));
 				dw->context = ::XCreateGC(disp, dw->pixmap, 0, 0);
 	#if defined(NANA_USE_XFT)
 				dw->xftdraw = ::XftDrawCreate(disp, dw->pixmap, spec.screen_visual(), spec.colormap());