In the early 20th century, six relatively unknown painters - collectively known as the Taos Society of Artists - helped turn a small mountain village in New Mexico into the premier American art destination. PAINTING TAOS reveals how these young, ambitious artists captured the "vanishing" West for an America on the brink of modernity. At the heart of this documentary lies the artists' work and their own words. Their letters and diaries detail their struggle to build careers in a rough frontier town and chart their ongoing love affair with the Taos landscape.