Write an Artist Statement

I haven't managed to write an artist statement that I'm happy with. It always sounds wrong. I even bought a book with the great title "The relatively painfree artist statement", but I never got around to working through it. Maybe I have to give it another shot. Here is the link to the book:

https://www.amazon.com/Relatively-Pain-Free-Artist-Statement-ebook/dp/B004IZLFM0/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1508232757&sr=1-3